Militaria Collecting

[Erich]

LW wrist compass AK 39, still works great ~

 

[Erich]

would of been smaqrt had I checked thru from page # 1. ah well. more to come gents ~

 

[Erich]

GAB unmarked, for Stug crew members

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Nice collection indeed. Would love to see it in person one day Chris.

Hopefully you can see it when it is all displayed in my "war room."

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I think me and Erich need to get together and he needs to let me make some offers.

 

[Erich]

in time friend I literally need to do an inventory some things in boxes have not seen for ages......

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

in time friend I literally need to do an inventory some things in boxes have not seen for ages......

That is literally what I am doing. Unfortunately, I only get about one day a week to inventory.

This is only part of it (with some of my wife's and kids's stuff thrown on top…).

 

[Erich]

yep have stuff all over my office floor and my question to me is why ?

 

[Erich]

how about some German Navy Binoculars with case

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

yep have stuff all over my office floor and my question to me is why ?

I can help you with that… lol

 

[Erich]

but of course you can

 

[Gary Cain]

GAB unmarked, for Stug crew members

Actually, that is for panzergrenadiers, combat engineers, and the like. Stug crew would get the panzer assault badge in bronze, instead of silver which the tank crews received.

 

[Snautzer01]

Actually, that is for panzergrenadiers, combat engineers, and the like. Stug crew would get the panzer assault badge in bronze, instead of silver which the tank crews received.

General Assault Badge - Wikipedia indeed it is.

 

[GrauGeist]

Some of the StuG recipients of the General Assault Badge award would be Hugo Primozic and Josef Brandner.

 

[Erich]

gray ghost you are correct. plenty of fotos in my archiv showing the wearing of the GAB. kinda like a universal badge really.

 

[GrauGeist]

Brandner, if memory serves right, had the General Assault [100] Badge, too.

 

[Erich]

am looking through Panzerfeld jacke volume 2 which covers stug crews. many pics of GAB being worn. photo of Stug member wearing GAB.

 

[Gary Cain]

am looking through Panzerfeld jacke volume 2 which covers stug crews. many pics of GAB being worn. photo of Stug member wearing GAB.

I believe they received them when they were in towed artillery units which were then converted to Stug units.

And the others got the GAB before the bronze PAB was authorized so they just kept their GAB's as a sign of their old hand status.

 

[Snautzer01]

am looking through Panzerfeld jacke volume 2 which covers stug crews. many pics of GAB being worn. photo of Stug member wearing GAB.

Gab always worn below cross i think.

 

[Erich]

as seen in the pic. actually Stug crews not in artillery did receive the GAB and not the PAB. but as photos show the PAB was worn. well anyway Bodo Spranz