Tank destruction badge?

[PJ]

Was the tank destruction badge awarded to the FJ?

Does anybody have any photographs of a fleigerbluse with one on?

Cheers

PJ

[Salacious Crumb]

Here you go:



and a famous one was Willi Peters who got the badge in gold (3 tanks in the Ardennes)

[Mikkel]

Holy cr*p!

[martin12ss]

The interesting thing is he's wearing all three assault badge variations. Never seen that before?

[Salacious Crumb]

Holy cr*p!

Yes that's the Fallschirmjäger Chrismas tree.

This will be the next fashion for Beltring 2009: wear all the badges you can carry

[Peiper]

Here you go:



and a famous one was Willi Peters who got the badge in gold (3 tanks in the Ardennes)

WTF ?
I bet the enemy would hear him before they saw him

"Jingle-jangle" whats's that noise?, oh its the FJ Jimmy Savile!"

Regards P.

[paulmfjr2]

I know its an outstanding picture and very unusual, but we are looking at a very brave front line soldier. Compared to most experienced front line Fallschirmjager he is a killing machine!!!! just look at what he has been awarded!

3 tank destruction badges - thats getting up close and personnel to an enemy tank and destroying it by hand.

Close combat clasp - sustained hand to hand fighting with the enemy.

3 different types of assault badge - why he has three I have no idea, but to get just one he needs to be in constant fighting with the enemy for 30 days.

Silver wound badge - severe injury resulting in a hospital stay.

Iron cross 1st and 2nd class - acts of bravery.

I suspect that this picture is taken in Europe, post Normandy. But I think that alot of these awards were earned on the eastern front. Note no narvik shield, Kreta or Africa armband. So he is not one of the early FJ.

[John Wilson]

All those awards and how fu**in' young does he look?
That's an impressive career for someone in maybe their early 20's?
Bollo**s to those sas things in their poofy pink vehicles, this man was a real fighter...

[Salacious Crumb]

could he be transfered at some point from the Wehrmacht to the Luftwaffe?

[andy d]

Flash git!
Typical isnt it.
You have a uniform that looks lovely with a minimal amount of shiny things. Less is so much more.
Then some wee smartarse comes up and ruins it for everyone.

[paulmfjr2]

could he be transfered at some point from the Wehrmacht to the Luftwaffe?

Well yes but he would still keep his old assault badge,or change it for a lufty one, just not both.