Honorary leaf clasp

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Honorary sheet clasp of the army (left 57 version, right foundation version)
Honorary clasp of the Luftwaffe (left 57 version, right foundation version)
Honor plaque clasp of the Kriegsmarine (left 57 version, right foundation version)
Official representations of the Ehrenblattspangen in the 57 version in the Federal Gazette

The Ehrenblattspange was a German war award during the Second World War and was donated for the Army (including the Waffen-SS ), the Air Force and the Navy .

Honorary leaf clasp of the army

As early as July 22, 1941, the soldiers of the Army of the German Wehrmacht and members of the Waffen-SS to be honored were listed in the "Ehrenblatt des Deutschen Heeres" - an annex to the Army Ordinance Gazette, Part C - which was also listed after being awarded the Iron Cross 1st class would have continued to show extraordinary personal bravery without, however, meeting the strict requirements for being awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The award features stipulated that the soldiers must have distinguished themselves in combat in an exceptional manner . With the award of the Ehrenblattspange, teams and NCOs were also earmarked for promotion.

The honorary sheet clasp donated by ordinance on January 30, 1944 by Adolf Hitler as Commander-in-Chief of the Army, was used to make those named in the honorary sheet externally recognizable. The gold-plated badge shows a swastika , which is surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves . About 4,547 awards are known - 167 of them to the Waffen SS.

The last published award ceremony took place on February 15, 1945. Unpublished awards took place in March and April 1945.

Honorary clasp of the Luftwaffe

The Honor Roll Clasp of the Luftwaffe was on July 5, 1944 Order of Commander of the Air Force Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering donated and awarded the Army to members of the Air Force on the same principles as the Honor Roll Clasp. The name of the entrusted was included in the list of honor of the German Air Force.

The gold-plated badge shows in the middle the national badge of the Luftwaffe, an eagle flying to the right with the swastika in its claws, within a wreath of oak leaves. There are around 180 known awards.

Honor plaque clasp of the Navy

The foundation took place on July 15, 1944 by ordinance by the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz, according to the criteria already described for members of the German Navy. The name of the entrusted was included in the honor roll of the German Navy. The gold-plated badge shows an anchor within a wreath of oak leaves on which a swastika is placed. There are 29 known awards.

Carrying method

The honorary leaf clasp was only worn on the ribbon of the Iron Cross 2nd class in the version from 1939 in the second buttonhole. According to the implementation regulations of the High Command of the Army, which were published on February 21, 1944 in the Allgemeine Heeresmitteilungen, the clasp of honor could not be worn on the ribbon buckle and the medal buckle . In addition to the clasp of honor, the ribbon of the Iron Cross II class in the version from 1914 with the repeat clasp of EK II from 1939 could not be worn in the buttonhole at the same time.

Others

According to the law on titles, medals and decorations of July 26, 1957, wearing the award in Germany is only permitted without a National Socialist emblem .

literature

  • Heinrich Doehle : The awards of the Greater German Reich. Orders, decorations, badges. 5th edition, licensed edition. Patzwall, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-931533-43-3 .
  • Hans-Ulrich Krantz: Orders and decorations of the Federal Republic of Germany. Maximilian, Cologne 1958.
  • Wolf van Helden: Awards for bravery in the 260th Infantry Division 1939–1944. Self-published, Stuttgart 1985.
  • Kurt-Gerhard Klietmann : Awards of the German Empire. 1936-1945. Motorbuch, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-87943-689-4 .
  • Reichsgesetzblatt 1944, Part I, p. 127 (June 2, 1944), regulation on the introduction of the Ehrenblatt clasp .