- Source: Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany
Awards and decorations of Nazi Germany were military, political, and civilian decorations that were bestowed between 1923 and 1945, first by the Nazi Party and later the state of Nazi Germany.
The first awards began in the 1920s, before the Nazis had come to national power in Germany, with the political decorations worn on Party uniforms, along with any awards they may have earned during the First World War or before.
After 1933, the state began issuing a variety of civilian decorations, which could be bestowed upon any citizen of Germany. Thus, some awards (such as Sports Badges) were bestowed on Nazi Party members, members of the German military, and regular civilians. Many standard awards of the German state, such as life-saving medals, were redesigned to incorporate the Nazi symbol, the swastika.
A number of military awards were established pre-war, including Wehrmacht long service decorations, followed by awards for participation in the Spanish Civil War and for the annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland, with the greatest number established after the start of World War II in 1939. Regulations of award also permitted the simultaneous wear of military, civilian, and political decorations on any military or paramilitary uniform of Nazi Germany.
Nazi awards and decorations were discontinued after the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, with display of the swastika banned. In 1957 the Federal Republic of Germany permitted qualifying veterans to wear many Nazi-era awards on the Bundeswehr uniform, including most World War II valor and campaign awards, provided the swastika symbol was removed. This led to the re-design of many awards with, for example, the swastika being replaced by a three-leafed oakleaf cluster on the Iron Cross and by the date 1939 on the War Merit Cross.
Orders and decorations
= State orders
== War decorations: pre-1939
== War decorations: 1939–1945
=These awards were bestowed by the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS between 1939 and 1945, during World War II.
= Military service decorations
== Military long service medals
== Arm shields
== Campaign cuff titles
== Military and paramilitary badges
=Army/Waffen-SS war badges
Naval war badges
Luftwaffe badges & other awards
The Luftwaffe maintained two non-portable awards, the "Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe" (Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg) and the "Luftwaffe Honour Plate" (Ehrenschale für hervorragende Kampfleistungen der Luftwaffe). Recipients of both awards automatically received the Luftwaffe Honour Roll Clasp in January 1944.
= Foreign volunteer awards
=Order of precedence
Within the Wehrmacht, wartime awards (German: Kriegsorden) took precedence over peacetime decorations.
See also
Political decorations of the Nazi Party
Notes
References
Citations
Bibliography
Angolia, John (1987). For Führer and Fatherland: Military Awards of the Third Reich. R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 0912138149.
Littlejohn, David; Dodkins, Colonel C. M. (1968). Orders, Decorations, Medals and Badges of the Third Reich. California: R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 978-0854200801.
Littlejohn, David (1994). Foreign Legions of the Third Reich. Volume 4. United States of America: R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 0-912138-36-X.
Lumsden, Robin (2001). Medals and Decorations of Hitler's Germany. England: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-178-1.
Previtera, Stephen Thomas (2007). The Iron Time: A History of the Iron Cross. Second edition. Winidore Press. Richmond VA. ISBN 978-0967307039.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger: 1939-1945 (in German). Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag, Jena, Germany. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
External links
WW2 German Medals and Awards Guide
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- Dekorasi Politik Partai Nazi
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany
- Orders, decorations, and medals of the German Empire
- Historical orders, decorations, and medals of Germany
- Political decorations of the Nazi Party
- Orders, decorations, and medals of East Germany
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Poland
- Nazi memorabilia
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Russia
- Awards and decorations of the German Armed Forces
- Golden Party Badge
