German Order of the NSDAP
The German Order belongs to the group of decorations of the NSDAP . From 1943 onwards it was the highest distinction of the National Socialist German Reich .
The badge is one of the anti-constitutional propaganda means in Germany . It is forbidden to create, carry or distribute it in public.
In National Socialism
The medal, donated by party leader Adolf Hitler , was first awarded posthumously to Fritz Todt on February 12, 1942 . According to Hitler, the order should “honor the highest merits [...] that a German can acquire for his people.” According to Hitler, there were “achievements for which under certain circumstances no promotion can be awarded. The deeds of 200 bearers of the Knight's Cross do not outweigh a one-time achievement such as that of Todt , for example . ”A chapter was also planned for this order , consisting of a council and a court.
The design for the medal came from Benno von Arent , the only manufacturer was Wilhelm Deumer in Lüdenscheid .
The National Socialist order consists of a black enameled and gold-rimmed Iron Cross, which bears the golden party badge of the NSDAP in the middle . There are golden sovereign eagles between the wings. A golden laurel wreath with two overlying crossed swords stands above the cross bar . At the top of the laurel wreath stand two golden oak leaves at right angles, above which the national emblem and the ribbon ring are attached. The 44 mm wide ribbon of the Teutonic Order has the colors of the blood order ribbon , but it is 34 mm wide. In the prototype of the neck decoration, the eagles sat without a swastika on a laurel wreath with a swastika.
Stages:
- 1st level: Golden cross with laurel wreath and swords (neck order)
- 2nd level: Golden Cross (Order of the Neck)
- 3rd level: Golden cross (plug-in cross)
Later bearers of the Teutonic Order with laurel wreaths and swords were:
- Reinhard Heydrich , posthumously on June 9, 1942
- Adolf Hühnlein , posthumously on June 21, 1942
- Viktor Lutze , posthumously on May 7, 1943
- Adolf Wagner , posthumously on April 17, 1944
- Josef Bürckel , posthumously on October 3, 1944
- Rudolf Schmundt , posthumously on October 7, 1944
- Konstantin Hierl , on February 24, 1945, as a special level in which the laurel wreath and swords of the Teutonic Order were replaced by golden oak leaves with swords (similar to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross )
- Karl Hanke , April 12, 1945
- Karl Holz , April 19, 1945
- Artur Axmann , on April 28, 1945
Today: Anti-Constitutional Badge
The "Teutonic Order" is one of the National Socialist orders whose leadership in Germany is not permitted in any form under the 1957 Law on Titles, Medals and Decorations of Honor .
In the City History Museum Lüdenscheid , all four different copies of this Order.
literature
- Jörg Nimmergut : The German Order In: Info - The current magazine for orders, militaria and contemporary history. Edition October 1988.
- Heinrich Doehle: The awards of the Greater German Reich medals, decorations, badges. Berlin 1945, ISBN 3-931533-43-3 .
- Jörg Nimmergut: German medals and decorations until 1945. Volume 4. Württemberg II - German Empire. Central Office for Scientific Order Studies, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-00-001396-2 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Criminal Code: § 86a Use of symbols of unconstitutional organizations , on: dejure.org.
- ^ Hitler on 10/11. November 1941 after Heinrich Heims: Monologues in the Führer Headquarters, Hamburg 1980.
