Gary T

The second photo (black and white one) posted by Doug isn't a panthersturm...it's a Panhter that has been dug into a cobbled street.

Larry, He would have definitely qualified for the Panzer Assault in Bronze if he was a FOO. With regards the 25 numbered badges I have seen a few (5-6) WPs over the years to various combat units of 23. Panzerdivision. Nearly all these are very late war awards - Detlev had one to a member of Pz Regt 23 this week. This leads me to beleive this divisionawarded quite a few as amtter of course in the final weeks of the war - in comparison I've only seen a few to other panzer divisions...and no 'multiples' like 23. Panzerdivision.

A couple of points: From the few scans here the soldbuch IS almost certainly a duplicate book. The awards were almost certainly made at the time and dates entered but whether he was allowed to wear them is a different question. I have a few WPs to 500 series infantry units and the awards are entered as they were earnt. The Heinrich Stadlbauer on the Volksbund site is definitely not the owner of this soldbuch. He died in January 1944...this soldbuch was issued in August 1944. Additionally the soldbuch owner's Wehrnummer gives the year 1909 as his date of birth.