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    Freikorbs/Kreigsbund medals proscription

    I recently bought some negatives of a vets reunion in Bavaria @1926-1931. Its an interesting lot as I've had all the photos developed (@120) and the medals the chaps are wearing include a number of classic "Weimar" mistakes.
    However, also included in another lot i bought were a series of shots of police/vets/RAD/SA in family poses who included their Kyfserbund/Stahlhelm badges and Schlagter bund badges with their HKs.
    This got me thinking...
    Can anyone tell me exactly when the unofficial medals were banned? My guess is that there was a brief time period between 1934-1937 when these awards were allowed to be worn with an HK. According to Agers' Freikorps booklet the Schlagter badge continued to be issued until 1936 and I've seen Kyfserbund documents issued in 1935.
    Can anyone tell me exactly when the various awards were banned by the NASDAP?
    Thanks,
    JeMc
    p.s. Rick some extra photos on the way via snailmail.
    Last edited by McCulloh; 05-29-2002, 11:02 PM.

    #2
    I believe the foundation decree for the Hindenburg Crosses/WW1 Honor Crosses banned all the "competition," but I no longer have the exact German text.

    I've had and seen medal bars etc with both mixed too, period naughtiness!

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      #3
      The prohibition dated to 16 November 1935 and specified the following:
      - Kyffhäuser-Denkmünze
      - Deutsche Feldehrenzeichen
      - Deutsche Denkmünze des Weltkrieges
      - Frontkämpferabzeichen 1914/18
      - Preußische Erinnerungskreuz
      - Langemarck-Kreuz
      - Bayerische Kriegserinnerungskreuz
      - Badische Feldehrenkreuz
      - Sächsische Kriegsehrenkreuz
      - Grenzschutz- und Freikorpsabzeichen
      - Österreichische Kriegserinnerungskreuz
      - Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Gedächnismedaille
      - Keller-Kreuz
      - Georg-Kreuz
      - Schlageter-Schild
      - Regiments-Erinnerungskreuz

      Obviously, everybody didn't always get the word or give a hoot, so it's possible to find exceptions to compliance.

      By the way, as is pretty commonly known, xceptions were allowed for (if I might be granted a lazy, mixed up, bastard translation) the "Bremer Roland", Silesian Eagle, Kartner Cross, and Tiroler Landesdenkmünze.

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        #4
        Ah ha!
        Thanks Histaria.
        So, if the HK was promulgated in July 1934 and the other decorations were banned in late 1935, there's an approximate 18 month period where these medals would be worn together officially. Thats' useful for an approximate dating of these photos. Assuming these guys got their HKs by the end of 1934, mounted and wore them and the actual proscription decree was finally publisized and enforced by January 1936, then a lot of these photos probably were taken in 1935 and maybe in early 1936!
        Thank!
        JeMc
        p.s. private message

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