2. Panzer Medal Requirements MedalsOur award system is designed to encourage participation in battles, award merit, and battlefield skill. In many units they are awarded solely for attendance. So everyone understands how soldiers originally earned these medals we have to fulfill the original award requirements. This medal system is designed to give us an authentic mix of the right medals. We do not want to have too few or too many of any medal and we want the medals to mean something. Basing medals on attendance alone is not going to improve our performance. All medals must be applied for and approved by unit leadership.
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Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen
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Panzerkampfabzeichen
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25 Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen
25 Panzerkampfabzeichen
25 Assault Badge (General or Panzer)
100 battles (25 of them must have been assaults in accordance with German regulations).
Verwundeten Abzeichen in Schwarz Black Wound BadgeAwarded for 1-2 wounds. Any wound requiring or not requiring professional medical attention. Cuts bad enough to produce a scar, strains and sprains and anything causing bleeding other than thorns. As things are now this is one of the rarer medals in most units. It should be the second most common one after the assault badge. If you are in combat you are going to get injured. Many 2nd Panzer Division officers I have interviewed or received questionnaires from earned the Gold Wound Badge! By wearing all these assault badges and iron crosses without wound badges, reenactors are giving the impression that you can survive combat without getting a scratch.
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Verwundeten Abzeichen in Silber
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Verwundeten Abzeichen in Gold
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Kriegsverdienst Kreuz mit Schwerte
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Winterschlacht im Osten 1941-1942 Eastern Front MedalOriginally awarded for fighting on the Russian front. You had to have a minimum of 2 weeks of combat, be wounded or suffer frostbite or be in the combat zone for a minimum of 60 days. Awarded until September 4, 1944. Awarded for 5 tactical Russian front battles
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
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Panzervernichtungsabzeichen
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Nahkampfspange
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Wehrmacht Dienstauszeichnungen
Wehrmacht Long Service Award
Your starting date is your first battle. This medal will be awarded but not worn.
Klasse 25 years of reenacting.
Klasse 18 years of reenacting.
Klasse 12 years of reenacting.
Klasse 4 years of reenacting.
Klasse 25 years of reenacting.
Klasse 18 years of reenacting.
Klasse 12 years of reenacting.
Klasse 4 years of reenacting.
Sources:
For Führer and Fatherland, Military Awards of the Third Reich, by John Angolia.
Records of the IIa 2nd Panzer Division.
Mitteilungsblatt of the 2nd Panzer Division.
Handbook on German Military Forces 1945.
For Führer and Fatherland, Military Awards of the Third Reich, by John Angolia.
Records of the IIa 2nd Panzer Division.
Mitteilungsblatt of the 2nd Panzer Division.
Handbook on German Military Forces 1945.
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2ND Panzer is a NON-POLITICAL organization. We DO NOT affiliate with, condone or glorify the beliefs or actions of Nazi Germany or any other fascist regime. The content of this webpage in NO WAY should be interpreted as being sympathetic or apologetic to the Third Reich. Members of 2nd Panzer and the Tactical Studies Group are prohibited from membership in any fascist, para-military, or militia organizations. Members are also strictly forbidden from engaging in any activity that can be interpreted as public support of these organizations. Members have been, and will be, ejected from both organizations for violation of this rule.