Juncker GAB, nice...

[Robert P.]

Here is a piece that has been attributed to the firm of Juncker...

Robert

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[Robert P.]

Between the silver coat and the zinc base metal is a thin layer of brass...barely visible on the grenade head and the bayonet handle...

Robert

[Don D.]

Beautiful badge. They are an under apprieciated award imo.

[all1knew]

Hello,

This one has a very nice look to it.

@ Don, why do you think these aren't sought after like the IAB's and PAB's - lack of maker mark?

William Kramer

[Mike TM]

Nice in this condition. Keep it.
Mike

[Don D.]

Hello,

This one has a very nice look to it.

@ Don, why do you think these aren't sought after like the IAB's and PAB's - lack of maker mark?

William Kramer

Not as prestigious as a PAB nor as flashy as an IAB. It was an award for the supporting arms. The arm of action was the Panzers and then the infantry.

[all1knew]

Not as prestigious as a PAB nor as flashy as an IAB. It was an award for the supporting arms. The arm of action was the Panzers and then the infantry.

Point taken; well said.

William Kramer

[Robert P.]

What you said is very true, Don. For the first time in my life I showed my mother and father my collection of badges last week. They were very interested in seeing all that I had, and were genuinely intrigued by the wide variety of badges the Germans really wore during the war. They both lived through the WWII era, and had many relatives fighting on the front lines. You should have seen their faces when I opened the container housing the silver Panzer badges. To them it is THE symbol of the German army, the tank. The panzer tank was imprinted so deeply into their subconscious thinking that when they saw it, they gasped. The many years past since the war's end, they could honestly appreciate seeing pieces of the historical past.

The panzer tank said it all,

Robert

[90th Light]

Not as prestigious as a PAB nor as flashy as an IAB. It was an award for the supporting arms. The arm of action was the Panzers and then the infantry.

Hello Don, you seem to have entirely over-looked the role of the assault engineers/ pioneers.

These troops are the true assault elite who cut the wire, clear the mines, neutralise obstructions land the assault craft, build the bridges, probe the enemy defences and hold the bridge-head/ crossing so the Panzers can role and the Infantry can move up behind with speed.

We all seem to forget that it was for these troops that the General Assault was originally intended hence the bayonet and the grenade being the weapons of close quarter combat right up front. These guys had the un-envied role of having to start the battle and be the first wave in. If things went badly they then had to reverse their role and become the rear guard, hold the point of retreat while providing defenses. Only the tough both physically and mentally in these units.

I agree a very under-rated badge and every bit as good as any PAB or IAB,

Chris