German WWII Medals and Awards This Forums deals with the German medals and honours awarded during World War II. Stories of Brave Personnel on what medals or awards they received during these war years. Sat, 15 Aug 2026 01:03:41 +0000 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 01:03:41 +0000 WWII Forums http://ww2f.com/forums/german-wwii-medals-and-awards.316/ Buttonhole identification request Sun, 03 Nov 2019 22:23:22 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/buttonhole-identification-request.73989/ http://ww2f.com/threads/buttonhole-identification-request.73989/ invalid@example.com (BaronSneom) BaronSneom

Hello,
Can anybody identify this button hole ribbon?

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Somebody painted this with a gold paint. If it's real I guess I could put it in some liquid to clean it:...

Is these medals real?]]> 5 Where did this medal originate from? Tue, 06 Mar 2018 09:32:17 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/where-did-this-medal-originate-from.62263/ http://ww2f.com/threads/where-did-this-medal-originate-from.62263/ invalid@example.com (justino2263) justino2263

Ive recently bought a 25 and 40 year service medal. Marked fur treue dienste.
I have been researching on where these medals have been coming from and where they were awarded. I have been looking everywhere for this medal, and i cant pick up any trace. Please, if anyone has any leads to where these medals came from, and what branch they were from it would really bring relief to me.

Thanks for spending your time reading this

-Justin]]> 2 The Knight's Cross Fri, 09 Jun 2017 09:10:51 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/the-knights-cross.59715/ http://ww2f.com/threads/the-knights-cross.59715/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim
The Knight's Cross]]> 2 Luftwaffe Parachutists Badge Fri, 09 Jun 2017 08:41:53 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/luftwaffe-parachutists-badge.61732/ http://ww2f.com/threads/luftwaffe-parachutists-badge.61732/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim
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]]> 3 Decorations my grandfather brought home. Sat, 23 Apr 2016 08:14:23 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/decorations-my-grandfather-brought-home.62333/ http://ww2f.com/threads/decorations-my-grandfather-brought-home.62333/ invalid@example.com (ColHessler) ColHessler View attachment 21939 View attachment 21940 View attachment 21941 View attachment 21942 View attachment 21943

I have a shot of the whole collection I'll post on the next...

Decorations my grandfather brought home.]]> 2 A few medals I have to part with for sale Fri, 22 Apr 2016 12:49:23 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/a-few-medals-i-have-to-part-with-for-sale.61358/ http://ww2f.com/threads/a-few-medals-i-have-to-part-with-for-sale.61358/ invalid@example.com (endlosung) endlosung 4 A Few Imperial German awards in the collection. Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:32:05 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/a-few-imperial-german-awards-in-the-collection.62180/ http://ww2f.com/threads/a-few-imperial-german-awards-in-the-collection.62180/ invalid@example.com (History-buff1944) History-buff1944
[​IMG]]]> 1 Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Albert Kesselring Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:58:53 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/knights-cross-and-oak-leaves-recipient-albert-kesselring.59718/ http://ww2f.com/threads/knights-cross-and-oak-leaves-recipient-albert-kesselring.59718/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim General der Flieger Albert Kesselring

Albert Kesselring was born in Marktsheft on 20 November 1885. He joined the army as an officer cadet at the age of 23 and served in the 2nd Bavarian Foot Artillery Regiment. During the course of World War I, Kesselring served as a balloon observer an extremely dangerous role. Whilst on the Western Front he met and developed a strong and lasting friendship with the then fighter pilot Hermann Goring. Transferring to the Eastern Front in 1918 he...

Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Albert Kesselring]]> 1 Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Erich Raeder Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:56:38 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/knights-cross-and-oak-leaves-recipient-erich-raeder.59720/ http://ww2f.com/threads/knights-cross-and-oak-leaves-recipient-erich-raeder.59720/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim
Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Erich Raeder]]> 1 Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Gerd von Rundstedt Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:53:27 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/knights-cross-and-oak-leaves-recipient-gerd-von-rundstedt.59721/ http://ww2f.com/threads/knights-cross-and-oak-leaves-recipient-gerd-von-rundstedt.59721/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt

Gerd von Rundstedt was born on 12 December 1875 in Aschersleben, and was the son of a career Army officer. He served in the Imperial German Army, reaching the rank of major by the end of World War I. He remained in military service after the war. and in 1932 was given command of 3.Infanterie-Division. Rundstedt was very much anti-Hitler, and tried to prevent Nazi-sympathising officers from being awarded positions of power. Frustrated at...

Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Gerd von Rundstedt]]> 1 Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Heinz Guderian Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:49:49 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/knights-cross-and-oak-leaves-recipient-heinz-guderian.59722/ http://ww2f.com/threads/knights-cross-and-oak-leaves-recipient-heinz-guderian.59722/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim General der Panzertruppe Heinz Guderian

Guderian was born in Culm, West Prussia, on 17 June 1888. In 1908, at the age of 20, he completed training at the Kriegsschule in Metz, and was commissioned into a Hannoverian Light Infantry Battalion. Having served first as a signals officer and then as a staff officer during World War I, during which time he won both the second and first classes of the Iron Cross, he found himself retained by the post-war Reichswehr. Guderian's speciality...

Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Heinz Guderian]]> 1 Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Helmut Wick Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:47:13 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/knights-cross-and-oak-leaves-recipient-helmut-wick.59730/ http://ww2f.com/threads/knights-cross-and-oak-leaves-recipient-helmut-wick.59730/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim Major Helmut Wick

Helmut Wick was born in Mannheim in the State of Baden on 5 August 1915. Living near an airfield, he developed a fascination for flying at an early age. His intended career in forestry work came to an end when he joined the Luftwaffe in 1936 at the age of 21. He successfully completed all of his training, and was commissioned as a Leutnant in 1938. It is interesting to note that his flying instructor at one stage was none other than future ace Werner Molders....

Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Helmut Wick]]> 1 The Iron Cross, Knight's Cross And Award Documents Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:42:36 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/the-iron-cross-knights-cross-and-award-documents.59742/ http://ww2f.com/threads/the-iron-cross-knights-cross-and-award-documents.59742/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim
The Iron Cross, Knight's Cross And Award Documents]]> 1 Infantry Assault badge Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:36:21 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/infantry-assault-badge.61709/ http://ww2f.com/threads/infantry-assault-badge.61709/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim
Several designs for this new Infantry decoration were submitted for approval by the Berlin firm of C.E. Juncker. Selected was a concept consisting of a K98 rifle with fixed bayonet placed diagonally...

Infantry Assault badge]]> 1 Schutzwall Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:30:54 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/schutzwall.61780/ http://ww2f.com/threads/schutzwall.61780/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim
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Witzig was born in Rohlinghausen on 14 August 1916. His military career began as an officer cadet with the Army's Pionier-Battailon 16 in 1935, and in 1937 he was commissioned as a Leutnant. He remained with the engineers for just ten more months before volunteering to transfer to the paratroops. In August 1938 he joined the Fallschirm-Infanterie-Bataillon and by October was a fully qualified paratrooper, entitled to wear the Army Paratrooper Badge. Two...

Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Rudolf Witzig]]> 1 Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Ludwig Stautner Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:09:59 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/knights-cross-and-oak-leaves-recipient-ludwig-stautner.59741/ http://ww2f.com/threads/knights-cross-and-oak-leaves-recipient-ludwig-stautner.59741/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim Major Ludwig Stautner

Ludwig Stautner was an experienced combat veteran of World War I. In September 1916, as a junior NCO with the rank of Vizefeldwebel serving with 1/Bayerisches - Jager-Bataillon 6, he had been decorated with the Golden Bavarian Military Merit Medal for taking a French emplacement at Thiaumont and eliminating the enemy machine-gun position there. He was commissioned Leutnant der Reserve in February 1918. On the outbreak of World War II, Stautner was serving as a...

Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Ludwig Stautner]]> 1 Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Fritz Vogt Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:06:01 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/knights-cross-and-oak-leaves-recipient-fritz-vogt.59739/ http://ww2f.com/threads/knights-cross-and-oak-leaves-recipient-fritz-vogt.59739/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Fritz Vogt

Fritz Vogt was born in Munich in March 1918. He volunteered for service in the SS-Verfugungstruppe in 1935 and was accepted into the Deutschland Regiment. As with all SS officers, a period of service in the ranks was required before a career as a commissioned officer could be considered, but shortly after he completed his training, he was selected as a potential officer and was eventually sent to the SS-Junkerschule in Braunschweig from which he...

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