Did Assmann ever make a Glider Pilot badge? Appreciate your help.Steve
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Hello Snoman,
yes they did
Zinc http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...+glider&page=2
Tombak http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...assmann+glider
SebThe German Luftwaffe Pilot and Combined Pilot and Observer Badges of WWII 1933-1945
Volume I & Volume II
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Hi Steve,
As the guys have said, Assmann is thought to have made the Glider badge. However, it should be mentioned that there are two schools of thought on these because not a single one has been known to have been awarded. Stijn David has done a tremendous amount of research and met with many glider pilots, and none of them were awarded an Assmann badge or had one in their possession as a possible retail purchase.
On the other hand, the badges themselves are well made and their construction conforms 100% to other known, wartime LW badges that were produced by Assmann. So that is why many of us like them.
TomIf it doesn't have a hinge and catch, I'm not interested......well, maybe a littleNew Book - The German Close Combat Clasp of World War II
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Steve,
Tom, of course nailed it, here's mine that is in the below link (the other example i owned is on the way to a new home), that I recently pried away from a WAF friend
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Greg,
Now that is a beauty! Tom said it well. I have no problem believing these were available for purchase but the evidence doesn't support them as awarded pieces.
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