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German Tank Destruction Badge
Hi, I've posted this on a couple of sites, and I'm hoping someone here might have an idea! When the Sonderabzeichen für das niederkämpfen von Panzerkampfwagen durch Einzelkämpfer, or Special Badge for the single-handed destruction of a Tank, commonly known as the Tank Destruction Badge, was instituted on 9.3.42, it was backdated to 22.6.41 to cover the Russian campaign. As the bronze coloured metal representation of a tank was based on a mixture of Pz III and Pz IV tanks, why, when presumably most of these were won on the Eastern Front, didn't they have a representation of a T-34 in the middle of the badge? Seems more fitting to me!
Troy
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