ON THIS PAGE I WILL ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PANZERKAMPFABZEICHEN.
ON THE RIGHT IS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE GROUPING OF DOCUMENTS GIVEN TO A STABSGEFREITEN GEORG BAUR. BAUR WAS A MEMBER OF THE REICHES LABOR SERVICE (RAD) AND JOINED THE WERHMACHT IN 1936. HE WAS INVOLVED IN ALL THE EARLY BLITZKREIG CAMPAIGNS AND WAS INOLVED IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE INVASION OF RUSSIA (THE AWARD DOCUMENT FOR THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN IS ALL THAT IS MISSING FROM THIS GROUPING). HE WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE PAB IN 1942 AS WELL AS THE EK2 IN THE SAME YEAR. ASSIGNED TO THE 17 PANZER DIVISION HE WAS AWARDED THE WOUND BADGE IN NOVEMBER 1942. THIS DIVISION WAS INVOLVED IN THE FAILED RELIEF ATTEMPT OF STALINGRAD; BAUR WAS MOST DEFINATELY INVOLVED IN THIS OPERATION. BAUR WAS KILLED IN RUSSIA IN 1943, THE LETTER TO HIS WIFE, (OR MOTHER) WAS THE OFFICIAL DEATH NOTICE FROM THE GOVERNMENT. OF NOTE IS THE LACK OF STAMP ON THE EK2 DOCUMENT, MOST COLLECTORS WOULD SHY AWAY FROM A SINGLE DOCUMENT THAT WAS BEING OFFERED WITHOUT THIS STAMP. OBVIOUSLY IN THIS GROUP IT IS APPARENT THAT EVEN THE VAUNTED GERMAN EFFICIENCY WAS NOT PERFECT! OF ADDITIONAL NOTE IS THE AWARDS INCLUDING MOST PROMINENTLY THE BRONZE SMALL W PAB. THIS IS A VERY EARLY PRODUCTION VERSION AND BAUR WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN THIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE. FINALLY NOTE THE TRAINING ON THE WERFER BAUR RECEIVED, AS NOTED IN HIS WEHRPASS.
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OBERSCHUTZEN WILLI WAGNER WAS AWARDED THE WOUND BADGE IN BLACK, EK2, AND THE PANZERKAMPFABZEICHEN AS A PANZER GRENADIER IN THE 11TH PANZER DIVISION.
GEFREITEN ERWIN ZEPPENFELD WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE PAB AS A MEMBER OF THE MOTORCYCLE BTL. OF THE 20TH PANZER DIVISION.
GEFREITEN RICHARD JUNG WAS AWARDED THE EK2 AND THE BRONZE PAB AS A PANZER GRENADIER IN THE 20TH PANZER DIVISION.
RUDOLF KISSKALT WAS AWARDED THE PANZERKAMPFABZEICHEN IN SILVER AND THE WOUND BADGE IN BLACK AS A TANK CREWMEMBER OF THE FAMED 7TH PANZER DIVISION (ROMMEL'S DIVISION IN FRANCE '40).
VERY RARE SILVER PANZER DOCUMENT GIVEN TO GEFREITEN OSSENKOP.....HE WAS ASSIGNED TO ONE OF ONLY 2 BATTALION SIZED UNITS EQUIPPED WITH THE FERDINAND ASSAULT GUN (ELEPHANT)...ONLY 92 OF THESE WERE PRODUCED AND APPROX. 50 WERE DESTROYED DURING THE BATTLE AT KURSK IN SUMMER OF 1943. OSSENKOP WAS KILLED AT KURSK AND WAS AWARDED THE SILVER TANK BATTLE BADGE AS WELL AS THE IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS.
INTERESTING EARLY SILVER PANZER DOCUMENT....NO MENTION OF THE SILVER BUT ISSUED IN MAY OF 1940...BEFORE THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE BRONZE...
