Marlon Brando In The Young Lions

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IKII we see, but lacking an Infantry Assault Badge.

[themick]

Yes, one would think he rated an IAB.  love the movie by the way.

 

Steve

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19 hours ago, themick said:

Yes, one would think he rated an IAB.  love the movie by the way.

 

Steve

Here's a shot near the end of the movie, he's a Captain now, plus was in Africa as we know, now he has a IKI, plus a Wound Badge in Black, no Intfanttry Assualt Badge still, unless it fell of as his tunic is all torn up.

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In Africa

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In Africa, so figure this, perhaps in France and of course Africa he was a Motorized Infantry Officer, as all there was in Africa were Motorized/Armored Infantry, the Panzerschützen (Armor Rifles) later as we know retitle Panzergrenadier, in that case the Infantry Assault Badge in Bronze.

 

                                                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                           

 

 

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But of course Hollywood Blows it as usual

 

Brando has White Waffenfarbe, Standard Infantry, only units in the Africa Korps who wore White Waffenfarbe was the Light Anti Aircraft units, the Fla units. Also still no Infantry Assault Badge  Silver or Bronze.

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Oh oh, grabed this, they gave him the General Assault Badge, this is the part when he returns to Germany from Africa, no AFRIKA Cuff Title either 

[Dune Panther]

The Young Lions is an excellent film. Some of the concentration camp (KL) scenes involving Marlon Brando (as Captain Diestl toward the end of the picture) were filmed at an actual preserved KL, that being the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains. Some information about the place:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natzweiler-Struthof_concentration_camp