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Thank you. This thread is new to me.

Yes indeed - that helps

Thank you for sharing the 2nd pictures. Also a good one. So sad that you don't any measures nor weight. About the "myth": we will see in the future how it turns out.

Thank you for sharing the pictures. It Looks good so far. Do you have any measures or weight?

Thats right so far, but they could receive it as well, when they attended only 1 combat as a tank crew member, but showed some kind of bravery. By the way, the Badge was NOT awarded, only the certificate was handed out. The Badge had to be bought by the awarded man himself. There is no reliable source about the number 99 so far. But it is allways said around 100.

@DonD: would you please be so kind and show us the back of the badge? I know … a little bit late. Thank you

Nice grouping.

@Spolei: nice bar, but .... wrong medal on 5th place. This is not the ribbon for a Police Service medal. It should look like that ....

If the China-Medal is not made of Steel (it seems to be Bronze), than it is a combatant bar. Sorry, but still a great bar.

Sorry. Definetly no Otto Schultze in the Kampfwagenabteilungen.

Both badges are fakes.

@dante: could youi please be so kind and show us the back of the Kampfwagenabzeichen? @bolewts58: It is not the badge of the Fliegerabteilung. It was awarded with certificate to the liberators of Munich 1919. It is a rare badge, but there were more than a few awarded. cuffband with skull of Kampfwagenabteilungen (KoKampf) - luxury version officer same from a NCO tank driver

Ich seh da auch: Polizei-Dienstauszeichnung 2 NSdAP-Dienstauszeichnungen Anschlußmedaille Österreich Anschlußmedaille Sudetenland

Servus Walter!

Price at 5K? A washing machine? Yes, I do have a members list.

You are absolutely right Chris. Thats the reason why there are better "lists". ;o)

Well ... Kind of. 600 names, but not complete!

Yes, but facing the fact: the Spieß should be known. There is only one reason why this Feldwebel is unknown: he was "überzählig". But a "überzählig" Spieß? Impossible. For me it turns out that we maybe should think about the case "the EK is phantasy named".

Yes, because ... the Feldwebel was the "Spies" (mother of the Company)

You are right Chris, but ..... still no proof for a Hammer in the Kampfwagen Abteilung.

Well I have a lot of names but NO Hammer. Only an AC driver "Hammer" in the Freekorps Epp in 1919.

Well .... the only proof could be the answer of the question "was there a Hammer in the Kampfwagen Abteilung?".

OK, any other ideas?

Coming back on this namend EK 1: Can anybody proof that Fritz Hammer changed from "Armee Telegraphen Abteilung AOK 4" to "Kampfwagen Abteilung 1"?

about Ziehm: the war time in WW1 counted double! about Larsen: he wasn't original Bavarian; just served a time in the Bavarian Tank Detachment. Originally he was from Hamburg (when I remember right).