Infanterie Sturmabzechen award dates

[ned kelly]

Just out of interest I was wondering what are the earlyist dates on Documents everyone has for the Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in silber?
It was instituted on 20.12.39 but when would it have first been seen in the field?
To start the ball rolling mine is 22.10.41 to an Obergiefreiten in Inf.rgt.16.(this should be easily beaten!)
Thanks
Glenn.

[Walter Sp]

Iab

Hey Glenn,

I've a couple of award-documents for the IAB, but the earliest one I have, is from 29.10.1940. It is for a Oberleutnant of 3./Infanterie-Regiment 74

greetings walle

[Simon O.]

The earliest one in Forman's book is dated 24.10.40

[Walter Sp]

Hey Simon,

you'r right. It's 5 days earlier than mine, but it's the same unit and the same type of document

Walle

[Angel Farré]

October 11th, 1.940 to Oberleutnant Karl Schaab, 10./Inf.Rgt. 81

Angel

Some time ago an Asspciation Member, purchased from me an earlier award, I think an August dated one.

[David Notebaert]

Hello,

I have one in my collection to Gefreiter Eugen Reich in the 1./Inf.Rgt.35, awarded in Frankreich on 11.06.1940. He also won the EK2 and EK1 for actions in France.

David

[Dick Pumphrey]

I have one to: Unteroffizier Friedrich Leist of 10th I.R. 169 awarded 5.9.41

Regards,
Dick

[Peter T]

Hi,

I think it will be hard to beat Stijns 1/IR 35.

I have 31.08.1940 to a soldier of 7./IR 17

Peter

[Stijn David]

Infantery Assault badges

Hi,

Just a little correction from my side => Peter: im unfortunatly not the owner of that very nice and early award doc. grouping, it is my dear friend David Notebaert who has it in his great collection

Cordial greetings,

[jani_tiainen]

October 11th, 1.940 to Oberleutnant Karl Schaab, 10./Inf.Rgt. 81

Angel

Some time ago an Asspciation Member, purchased from me an earlier award, I think an August dated one.

I think I got it

I'll try to find it and check the date but I think it was august or September.

Jani

[David Notebaert]

Award date versus qualification date

Eugen Reich took part in three assults, on the 6 june, on the 7 june and on the 11 june. So he qualified on th 11th, and this is also the date that is mentioned on the award document. But as we can see on the qualificationsheet, Reich was awarded the badge on the 11 June 1940, but the official ceremony wasn't untill the 2 october.







So witch date was mentioned on most of the award documents, the qualificationdate or the official award (ceremonydate)?

David Notebaert

[Gary T]

So witch date was mentioned on most of the award documents, the qualificationdate or the official award (ceremonydate)?

David Notebaert

I have six or seven examples of the qualifications sheets together with the WP and award documents. In all these cases, the date on the award certificate was the date the badge was officially awarded and not the date of the last action. So yours is very unusual.

I have a WP/award document dated 10th July 1940 to a memeber of 10./ IR 105.