Hi guys! Got some spare time and was thinking to restart and old idea about the batons awarded to German Field Marshals during WW2. I reorginzed my archives and files, and will be able to save the pictures here on the WAF.
List of German Field Marshals (Generalfeldmarschall) during the Nazi regime:
20 April 1936 – Werner von Blomberg (1878–1946)
4 February 1938 – Hermann Göring (1893–1946) Göring was later promoted to the even-higher rank of Reichsmarshal and was the only German to have held this rank.
19 July 1940 – Fedor von Bock (1880–1945)
19 July 1940 – Walther von Brauchitsch (1881–1948)
19 July 1940 – Albert Kesselring (1885–1960)
19 July 1940 – Wilhelm Keitel (1882–1946)
19 July 1940 – Günther von Kluge (1882–1944)
19 July 1940 – Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876–1956)
19 July 1940 – Wilhelm List (1880–1971)
19 July 1940 – Erhard Milch (1892–1972)
19 July 1940 – Walther von Reichenau (1884–1942)
19 July 1940 – Gerd von Rundstedt (1875–1953)
19 July 1940 – Hugo Sperrle (1885–1953)
19 July 1940 – Erwin von Witzleben (1881–1944)
31 October 1940 – Eduard Freiherr von Böhm-Ermolli (1856–1941)
22 June 1942 – Erwin Rommel (1891–1944)
30 June 1942 – Georg von Küchler (1881–1968)
1 July 1942 – Erich von Manstein (1887–1973)
31 January 1943 – Friedrich Paulus (1890–1957)
1 February 1943 – Ernst Busch (1885–1945)
1 February 1943 – Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881–1954)
1 February 1943 – Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs (1881–1954)
16 February 1943 – Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (1895–1945)
1 March 1944 – Walter Model (1891–1945)
5 April 1945 – Ferdinand Schörner (1892–1973)
25 April 1945 – Robert Ritter von Greim (1892–1945)
List of German Field Marshals (Generalfeldmarschall) during the Nazi regime:
20 April 1936 – Werner von Blomberg (1878–1946)
4 February 1938 – Hermann Göring (1893–1946) Göring was later promoted to the even-higher rank of Reichsmarshal and was the only German to have held this rank.
19 July 1940 – Fedor von Bock (1880–1945)
19 July 1940 – Walther von Brauchitsch (1881–1948)
19 July 1940 – Albert Kesselring (1885–1960)
19 July 1940 – Wilhelm Keitel (1882–1946)
19 July 1940 – Günther von Kluge (1882–1944)
19 July 1940 – Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876–1956)
19 July 1940 – Wilhelm List (1880–1971)
19 July 1940 – Erhard Milch (1892–1972)
19 July 1940 – Walther von Reichenau (1884–1942)
19 July 1940 – Gerd von Rundstedt (1875–1953)
19 July 1940 – Hugo Sperrle (1885–1953)
19 July 1940 – Erwin von Witzleben (1881–1944)
31 October 1940 – Eduard Freiherr von Böhm-Ermolli (1856–1941)
22 June 1942 – Erwin Rommel (1891–1944)
30 June 1942 – Georg von Küchler (1881–1968)
1 July 1942 – Erich von Manstein (1887–1973)
31 January 1943 – Friedrich Paulus (1890–1957)
1 February 1943 – Ernst Busch (1885–1945)
1 February 1943 – Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881–1954)
1 February 1943 – Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs (1881–1954)
16 February 1943 – Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (1895–1945)
1 March 1944 – Walter Model (1891–1945)
5 April 1945 – Ferdinand Schörner (1892–1973)
25 April 1945 – Robert Ritter von Greim (1892–1945)
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