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Round "3" Iron Cross. Iron Cross of the Wehrmacht (World War II German Army) page of the German World War II Medals, Awards and decorations. An apolitical history site.
Luftwaffe Assault Badge 25, 50, 75 and 100 Class. As the war continued, a need to decorate the Luftwaffe ground aces arose and on November 11, 1944, the Luftwaffe numbered badges were introduced. These badges were slightly larger and included a box at the base of the badge with the number that represented the number of attacks the recipient has ...
The "U" boat badge was instituted by the Commander in Chief of the Navy, Grand Admiral Raeder on 13th October 1939. The design of this badge follows an earlier award badge adopted at the end of the First World War. These awards all follow the same basic design of a wreath of gilded oak leaves encompassing a submarine.
Manufacturing and Technical information. The Auxiliary Cruiser Badge, designed by Ernst Peekhaus of Berlin, portrayed a Viking ship sailing on the Northern hemisphere of the globe surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves. The wreath, eagle, and ship are gilt and the globe area is gray. Versions were produced in silver, tombak, and zinc.
The War Merit Medal was a round bronzed medal that featured a War Merit Cross without swords on the obverse and the phrase “Fur Kriegsverdienst” (for war merit) on the reverse. It was held by the same ribbon as the 2nd Class, but with a thin red line in the center. The Medal was to be a strictly civilian award. It was specially geared ...
For an article on this medal see the Glider Pilot Badge in the Luftwaffe War Badge section. Certificate #102 238 awarded to Obergefreiten Alfred Wienröder in May 1942. This document bears the facsimile signature of General der Flieger Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf who was Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Office of the RLM from September 1939 to ...
The Minesweeper Badge was designed by sculptor Otto Placzek of Berlin and featured a large silver water funnel in the center of the badge. A gold wreath of oak leaves surrounds the water funnel with the national emblem at the top, wings outspread clutching a swastika. Examples of the Minesweeper Badge can be found in both tombak and zinc.
War Badges of the Kriegsmarine. by Sebastián Bianchi. Grand Admiral Dönitz instituted the submarine combat clasp in bronze on May 15, 1944, in order to reward the courage of the U-boat troops that had been in a desperate struggle to turn the tide in the battle of the Atlantic for five years. The Badge existed in two classes as a Silver class ...
Part I: Description & Construction. Established in February 1940, the Ehrenpokal was awarded by the authority of Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring to Luftwaffe personnel "for special achievement in the airwar". This was an award for aircrew only. Funding for the production of the goblet was provided by the German Aviation Industry.
The Imperial Wound badge was to provide the basis for ones issued during World War II. It was an oval badge with laurels surrounding the edges and a ribbon at the base. In the center of the badge is an Imperial helmet, with a pair of swords behind it. The background of the center is pebbled, though in one variation the background of the badge ...