Que coisa interessante eu descobri!
O símbolo hippie, o símbolo da paz, o símbolo do desarmamento nuclear é, na verdade, o brasão da TERCEIRA DIVISÃO PANZER.
De acordo com o livro "Wehrmacht Divisional Signs", de Theodor Hartmann (Almark Publishing Co., Londres; 1970), este é o símbolo da Terceira Divisão Panzer (páginas 40 e 62). Sim, o "símbolo da paz" na verdade era pintado em blindados alemães na Segunda Guerra. A Terceira Divisão Panzer chegou a ser comandada pelo General Pico, que em 1945 se renderia à FEB na Itália.
O texto completo do livro:
3.PANZER-DIVISION
Composition: 6.Panzer-Regiment
3.Panzergrenadier-Regiment
394.Panzergrenadier-Regiment
75.Panzer-ArtilIerie-Re giment
3.Panzer-Aufklarungs-Abteilung
39.Panzerjager-Abteilung
39.Panzer-Pionier-Abteilung
39.Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung
Home station: Berlin; Wehrkreis 11/.
History: Formed in Berlin on October 15, 1935 and under the
command of General Fessman this Division took part in the Austrian
Anschluss and later the German invasion of Poland.
During the 1939 Polish campaign the Division was commanded by
General Frhr Geyr von Schweppenberg and was part of Guderian's
XIX Army Corps which was part of von Kluge's 4th Army from von
Bock's Heeresgruppe Nord. The Division, along with the 2.Motorized
Infantry Division and the 20.lnfantry Division (mot), attacked from
Pommern into Poland to Thorn, then moved on to Warsaw.
In the spring of 1940 command of this Division passed to General
Stumpf and at the time at the German attack on France the Division
formed part of General Hoepner's XVI (mot) Army Corps under von
Reichenau's 6th Army, part of General von Bock's Heeresgruppe 'B'.
This Panzer Division saw service in the 1940 French/Low Countries
campaign in their attack across the Albert Canal and south of Brussels.
Transferred to Russia in the summer of 1941 and commanded by
Generalleutnant Model, the 3.Panzer-Division formed part of General
Geyr von Schweppenberg's XXIV (mot) Army Corps, which was part
of Guderian's 2nd Panzer Army from von Bock's Heeresgruppe Mitte.
The Division took part in the Bialystock-Minsk Pocket battle and in
June and July 1941 in the Dnieper River crossing.
By July 1942 the Division was commanded by General Breith and
it went to form part of the German 6th Army under Paulus part of
XXXX Panzer Corps 'Geyr von Schweppenberg'.
The 'Zitadelle' campaign of July 1943 saw yet another change of
Divisional Commander this time General Westhaven. The Division was
now part of the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps commanded by General von
Knobesdorf which in turn formed part of Hath's 4th Panzer Army
.coming under the control of von Manstein's Heeresgruppe SOd.
In February 1944 the Division was fighting on the Dnieper Bend in
the Ukraine and later in the year it was moved west to France where
in December 1944, at the time of the German Ardennes Offensive, and
under the commend of General Denkert it formed part of the OKW
Reserve Westfront.
By April 1945 this Panzer Division had been reduced to the status
of a 'Kampfgruppe' (Battle-group) and commanded by General Soth
it went to form part of the 4.SS Panzer Corps 'Gille' from the German
6th Army 'Fretter-Pico'.
Emblem: This Panzer Division used two Divisional emblems at
different times. Up to the year 1940 it bore a yellow runic emblem,
a yr-rune within a kreis (circle). Fig 60
In 1941 the emblem was changed to show an inverted letter 'y' with
two small digits all in yellow. This emblem was in use for the rest
of the war. Fig 64
!n addition to this last emblem this Division adopted the practice of
displaying a white shield with the black Berlin Bear emblem alongside
the 1941-45 emblem. Because of this additional device recalling the fact
that the Division had been formed in Berlin t:,is Panzer Division was
often referred to as the 'Bear Division'-the 'Baren Division'. Fig 83
Gerald Holtom.
Que mico...
O livro consta na Amazon.
Em alguns blindados ele aparecia um pouco diferente, até com espadas cruzadas em comemoração ao recebimento das folhas de carvalho da Cruz de Ferro de um oficial (coisas para modelistas discutirem):
O brasão modificado
