Was it possible to be awarded two Heer badges and wear at the same time?

[DaveNZ]

I guess I must have too much time on my hands...however i was wondering if say a soldier served with the infantry and eanred an IAB and then later in the war say ened up in with the panzers and got a PAB...what badge would he wear?

Or was this not possible?

Thanks

[butschekantiques]

Hello Dave,

good question! I would say it was definitly possible to wear both awards.
Eric Queen showed a very interesting photo of a paratrooper long time ago with a lot of different badges on. I think this soldier also had an Infantry Assault Badge and a LW Ground Assault Badge on his tunic. (also paratrooper badge, close combat badge, ..)
Maybe Eric shows it again.

All the best
Klaus

[Hans N]

There is a famous photo of a panzer guy from Totenkopf sitting in the Turret of his Panzer IV at the town of Charkov wearing a IAB on his black panzertunic.

Found it.

[Adrian]

I would agree its possible, I've got a photo of a luft guy wearing a flak badge and a ground assault badge so why not a heer guy wearing two badges.

[Angel Farré]

Yes, I have a Soldbuch to a RK träger who received firts the Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in silver and later the Sturmabzeichen.

Regards

Angel

[MisterX]

This is the Soldbuch from Major Willikens. He get the PAB in bronce and later the PAB in silver (25+50), but i think he wear only one pab

[Master3477]

the answer to this question is YES and it happened quite often

[paddywhack]

so whats the most awards a soldier could get and wear at the same time??

[Marc Garlasco]

Here is my favorite - it drives me nuts!

[Ian Jewison]

He should not wear more than one i.e. IAB, PAB or GAB (I have some photos somewhere of two being worn!) and he should wear if I remember correctly the one that is relevant to his current unit!!!
I have a Soldbuch where the guy recevied GAB with 1 Kav.Div., PAB iB with 24 Pz.Div. and then IAB iS with an Inf.Div. in Italy.......the photo I have of him he is wearing the IAB iS along with CCC iB.....

I will dig it out....

/Ian

[schnellermeyer]

Wow that guy has seen some serious action

[Mike Pinkus]

i have a group where the soldier was authorized a numbered GAB and a numbered PAB......

[Christopher G.]

I have also seen a paratrooper wearing an army and luft para badge....

[Bruce Simcox]

I hate to.....

......rain on this parade, but sometimes a bucket of cold water is necessary. The above image(von Majer) is so suspect it makes me wonder why none of you notced that the bird on the paratroop badge is flying in the incorrect direction.

Can we say photographic retouching?

Sometinmes we need to really take a good look at something instead of just being overwhelmed by it.

OK?

[Christopher G.]

I also noticed the same thing....the para badge is also backwards....well now that I really look at it, everything is backwards

......rain on this parade, but sometimes a bucket of cold water is necessary. The above image(von Majer) is so suspect it makes me wonder why none of you notced that the bird on the paratroop badge is flying in the incorrect direction.

Can we say photographic retouching?

Sometinmes we need to really take a good look at something instead of just being overwhelmed by it.

OK?