1st award given by nazi regime?

[Sal Williams]

Sven, I'm not sure I am understanding the differences in the terminology . I am meaning the first guy who was awarded a medal for combat in WWII. I would have thought that meant awards??

Best, Sal

[Dietrich Maerz]

Sal, if you mean awards and WW2 then the Spanish Cross is out. The Spanish Civil War is not WW2.

Look at the Wound Badge and the Iron Cross. Those are the only two already in place on Sept. 1st.

Dietrich

[Sal Williams]

Of course! ! I meant first combat award of nazi germany and WWII slipped out .

Best, Sal

[Sal Williams]

This is like getting 3 wishes from an evil Geinie! You have to be very careful about your wording !

Ok, lets try this again. What was the name of the first Wehrmacht soldier who was awarded something for a combat role by the TR government. What was he awarded? What for? What branch of the service was he?

Best, Sal

[MH184]

What about the Schlageter award ?



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Marcus

[Sal Williams]

no Marcus, tricky little beast, it does not count!!!!!!!!!!!! combat. official. ordered by the Wehrmact under the Nazi government! I think I made the new question clear!!! You FAIL the evil geinie test!!!!!!!!!

[Simon O.]

Ok, as you've said WWII then the 'start date' has to be 1st September 1939. So, i guess you're looking for the first EKII or spange. The earliest i've seen is the EKII spange on the 4th Sept. to Gunther Lütjens but i'm sure there are others between the 1st and 3rd.

[Sal Williams]

Hi Simon, as I said in a post above I made a mistake by saying WWII. But thanks for the reply and actually I would like to know the first WWII recipients as well. Anyone know any Sept. 1st recipients?

Best, Sal

[Robin Lumsden]

Sal.

A couple of years back, I worked up a pretty detailed chronology of all Third Reich awards which I put in my 'Medals & Decorations' book. It covers the whole period of the Nazi regime, puts all the military, political and civil awards into a chronological context, and cross-references them to other important dates, events and orders regarding use of the swastika, etc.

A few weeks after Hitler came to power, he officially recognised the Baltic Cross and Silesian Eagle, which had been unofficial Freikorps awards until that time. So, in effect, these were the first 'military awards' of the Third Reich. The first totally new award after the Third Reich was created was the Schlageter Badge, followed by the Gau Badges. Pre-Third Reich, the 1929 Nuernberg Badge was actually the very first Nazi award of all.

[David C]

.....the 1929 Nuernberg Badge was actually the very first Nazi award of all.

Considering this and the fact that they are very pretty they are hugely undervalued! IMO




Cheers,
David.