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infantry units, using similar requirements for award as the original silver variant. Non-infantry personnel were not eligible for either grade of the
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and a rifle with a fixed bayonet across the badge. The reverse of the badge is plain and has a pin attached to it. The original "silver" badges were made of silver-plate and the later ones were made of zinc. The "bronze" version was actually made of a "metal alloy".
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The bronze class was instituted on 1 June 1940. It was awarded to motorized/Mechanized
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The badge was designed by the company C. E. Junker of Berlin. It is oval in shape, with four oak leaves on each side; on the top is a
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238:Ground Assault Badge of the Luftwaffe
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414:"Law of Titles, Orders and Honours"
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374:Infantry Assault Badge(Graphical)
42:Infantry Assault Badge in Silver.
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687:Condor Legion Tank Badge
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682:Clasp to the Iron Cross
359:Walther von Brauchitsch
303:Walther von Brauchitsch
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877:Tank Destruction Badge
857:Infantry Assault Badge
609:Angolia, John (1987).
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25:Infantry Assault Badge
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988:Blockade Runner Badge
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852:General Assault Badge
408:On 26 July 1957, the
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322:General Assault Badge
228:General Assault Badge
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960:Pilot/Observer Badge
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338:Ground Assault Badge
300:Generalfeldmarschall
282:soldiers during the
209:Battle of Stalingrad
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993:Destroyer War Badge
841:Blue Division Medal
320:unit), usually the
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847:Close Combat Clasp
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288:Commander-in-Chief
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410:West German
296:German Army
269:awarded to
157:1 June 1940
144:Established
126:Campaign(s)
103:Eligibility
56:Awarded for
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729:Iron Cross
620:0912138149
603:References
591:2020-09-04
570:2020-09-04
496:2020-09-04
475:2020-09-04
439:denazified
431:Bundeswehr
366:positions.
317:mechanized
171:Bundeswehr
167:Denazified
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271:Waffen-SS
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108:Wehrmacht
79:motorized
449:swastika
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139:Obsolete
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