Tank Memorial Badge




For the World War II medal, see Panzer Badge.







































Tank Memorial Badge
Kampfwagen-Erinnerungsabzeichen

Kampfwagen-Erinnerungsabzeichen.jpg

Awarded by the Ministry of the Reichswehr

Country
Weimar Republic
Eligibility
Military personnel
Awarded for
recognizing the achievements of tank personnel who took part in armoured assaults
Campaign(s)
World War I
Status
Obsolete
Statistics
Established
13 July 1921
Total awarded
99 (official)
unknown number of
non-certificate awards
Related
Panzer Badge of the Condor Legion
Panzer Badge (World War II)

The Tank Memorial Badge (German: Kampfwagen-Erinnerungsabzeichen) was a military decoration of the Weimar Republic awarded to former tank crewmen who fought in World War I.


Officially known as Memorial Badge for former German tank crews (German: Erinnerungsabzeichen für die ehemaligen Besatzungen deutscher Kampfwagen) it was usually referred to as Tank Memorial Badge or simply Tank Badge (Kampfwagenabzeichen). Draft cards oft this era show that it was sometimes written as Tank-Abzeichen.




Contents






  • 1 History and criteria


  • 2 Design


  • 3 Recipients


  • 4 See also


  • 5 Notes


  • 6 Resources





History and criteria


The Tank Badge was instituted by the Minister of Defence Otto Gessler on 13 Jul 1921 and laid down in the Heeres-Verordnungsblatt Nr. 41 of 15 July 1921.[1][2] It was to be issued to veterans of World War I who qualified by: being a crewman (commander, driver, gunner, loader, mechanic, signaller or messenger) of a tank; either an A7V or a Beutepanzer (captured tank), and either participated in three armored assaults or being wounded during an armored assault.[2]


Potential recipients had to apply to the Inspectorate of Motorized Troops to receive a certificate; the actual badge had to be obtained privately. Because of this unusual method of application the badge was officially certified in only 99 cases.[3][4]



Design


The silver oval-formed badge featured a skull with crossbones on the top in dependence on the Brunswick skull. It was enclosed by a two-part wreath, oak leaves on the left and laurel leaves on the right; both tied with a bow at the bottom. The central piece was a stylized A7V tank crossing a barbed wire entanglement from east to west with three bursting grenades above it. It was to be worn as a stick-on decoration below the left breast pocket.[5]



Recipients



  • Hauptmann Theodor P. H. Larsen

  • Hauptmann Hans L. Steinhardt

  • Hauptmann Hans M. Thofehrn

  • Oberleutnant Wilhelm Knoop

  • Leutnant Wilhelm Bilz

  • Leutnant Albert Müller

  • Leutnant Heinz Theunissen

  • Leutnant Ernst Volckheim

  • Oberschirrmeister Fischer

  • Oberfeldwebel Curt Ziehm

  • Feldwebel Sepp Dietrich

  • Feldwebel Karl Eggert

  • Alfred Geyer

  • Gerd Weissmann



See also


  • Tanks in World War I


Notes





  1. ^ Higgins, p. 31


  2. ^ ab Heeres-Verordnungsblatt. 3. Jahrgang, Berlin den 15. Juli 1921, Nr. 41, pp. 299–300


  3. ^ Künker, p. 137


  4. ^ Haupt, p. 18


  5. ^ "Tank Crew Commemorative Badge". Antique Photos. Retrieved 22 June 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




Resources




  • Higgins, David E. (2013). Mark IV vs A7V: Villers-Bretonneux 1918. Oxford, UK.: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-7809-6005-0.


  • Haupt, Werner (1990). A History of the Panzer Troops, 1916-1945. Lancaster, UK.: Gazelle Book Services. ISBN 0-8874-0244-5.


  • Künker Auktion 253 - Orden und Ehrenzeichen I 10. Ordensauktion des Hauses Künker. Osnabrück, Germany. 2012.


  • Heeres-Verordnungsblatt. 3. Jahrgang, Berlin den 15. Juli 1921, Nr. 41. pp. 299–300.




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