Léon Degrelle Decorations

[HouweTrouwe]

hello,

Which decorations did Léon Degrelle recieved?
It's hard to find.

And when?

I have a little bit (saved up in Word). But I miss many things.

I know directly that he recieved DK Gold, Ritterkreuz + Eichenlaub ...

Normally he should recieved medals for his seventy-fize days of hand-to-hand combat.

He was first in Whermacht before joining Waffen-SS.

He fought at Eastern-front, he was wounded couple of times, directly at the front. So he should recieve decorations for that too.

Normally I think he should've recieved a Spanish medal(s) too?


I appreciate all help!

THANK YOU GUYS

[Nick VR]

Decorations & Awards:
27.08.1944 Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as SS-Sturmbannführer d. R. and Kdr. 5.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Brigade “Wallonien” / Kampfgruppe Wagner / Armee-Abteilung Narwa / Heeresgruppe Nord, Northeastern Front
20.02.1944 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer d. R., and Führer SS-Sturmbrigade “Wallonien” / 8.Armee / Heeresgruppe Süd, Eastern Front
09.10.1944 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold as SS-Sturmbannführer d. R. and Kdr. 5.SS-Freiwilligen-Sturmbrigade “Wallonien” / 5.SS-Panzer-Division “Wiking” / III.(germanische) SS-Panzer-Korps / Armee-Abteilung Grasser / Heeresgruppe Nord, Northeastern Front
21.05.1942 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
13.03.1942 1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
14.09.1944 Nahkampfspange III.Stufe (Gold)
19.03.1944 Nahkampfspange II.Stufe (Silber)
30.11.1943 Nahkampfspange I.Stufe (Bronze) (other documents indicate 23.12.1943 and 20 .02. 1944)
25.08.1942 Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber
19.03.1944 Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Gold
20.02.1944 Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Silber (another document indicates 23.12.1943)
15.08.1942 Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42” (Ostmedaille)

[HouweTrouwe]

Do you have the exact days of the Promotions aswell?

Thanks!

[Frontalschaden]

Hello

Does somebody (or anybody ? **** school english...it is too far away) knows what happened with the Decorations of degrelle after his death in 1994 ? Are they in family property ?


Best regards, Fronti

[Pieter Verbruggen]

still with the family, uniform too...
Pieter.

[Frontalschaden]

still with the family, uniform too...
Pieter.

Thank you very much !


Best regards, Fronti

[Huntzman]

Do you have the exact days of the Promotions aswell? Thanks!

Promotions:

12.02.1942 Gefreiter (Heer)
28.02.1942 Oberfeldwebel (Heer)
01.05.1942 Leutnant d. R. (Heer)
01.06.1943 SS-Obersturmführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
01.01.1944 SS-Hauptsturmführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
20.04.1944 SS-Sturmbannführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
01.01.1945 SS-Obersturmbannführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
20.04.1945 SS-Standartenführer d. R. der Waffen-SS

Also for arguements sake, he had been promoted to Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS by Himmler on 02.05.45, but since Himmler was stripped on his position at that point, the promotion was not valid.

Andrew

[WenRan]

Promotions:

12.02.1942 Gefreiter (Heer)
28.02.1942 Oberfeldwebel (Heer)
01.05.1942 Leutnant d. R. (Heer)
01.06.1943 SS-Obersturmführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
01.01.1944 SS-Hauptsturmführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
20.04.1944 SS-Sturmbannführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
01.01.1945 SS-Obersturmbannführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
20.04.1945 SS-Standartenführer d. R. der Waffen-SS

Also for arguements sake, he had been promoted to Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS by Himmler on 02.05.45, but since Himmler was stripped on his position at that point, the promotion was not valid.

Andrew

Strange ,
How a simple soldier can make it 3 years from private too General

[Peter J.]

Not so strange at all. Degrelle was initially offered an officier's rank, but turned it down and started his military carreer as a private.

cheers
Peter

[WenRan]

Not so strange at all. Degrelle was initially offered an officier's rank, but turned it down and started his military carreer as a private.

cheers
Peter

Turned it down ....

and 10 weeks later he was an LT ...

This smells like brilliant propaganda .............

[Peter J.]

Randy, that is most probably a correct assumption . Still I assume he had the qualifications for an officer, or he wouldn't have been offered a commission in the first place, less recieving one three months after his first appearence. With that in mind, his promotions doesn't seem that strange.

cheers
Peter

[Johnny R]

Here is his whole Bio,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Degrelle

[boersma]

leon

Hi sturmkreuz

in th mid 80's there was a programe by maurice de wilde ,de oostfronters on belgian tv brt
about the belgian collaboration (staf de clerck, leon degrelle,rex ,vnv,remy schreine, ramond tollenaar,major hellebaut ect) in ww2 ,with many interviewes with ex waffen ss man and with leon at home in madrid even showing of his decorations (le ritterkreuz!!) he shouts a lot
and i have it all stil on three 180min VHS tapes
those where the tellivision days

M Boersma