List of German orders and decorations

The German Reich had no orders of its own. The award of titles as well as the foundation and award of medals were reserved rights of the sovereigns and the numerous medals of the empire were the medals of the individual states. Although both Wilhelm I and Wilhelm II donated commemorative coins and decorations in their capacity as German emperors , they only made foundations and awards of medals in their capacity as kings of Prussia.

War memorial for the campaigns 1870–71 (1871)
Warrior Merit Medal (1892)
Jerusalem Cross (1898)
China commemorative coin (1901)
South West Africa Commemorative Coin (1907)
Colonial Commemorative Coin (1912)
Helvetia Benigna Medal (1917)
Cross for Services to the Military Carrier Pigeon (1917)

German Reich, decoration of troops until 1918

Souville badge (Souville oak leaf) , Reserve Infantry Regiment 81 (1916)
Souville badge (Souville button) , Reserve Infantry Regiment 88 (1916)

State awards

Kingdom of Prussia

Coat of arms of Prussia

Black Eagle Order (1701)
Pour le Mérite (1740)
Medal for Rescuing Shipwrecked People (1782)
Order of the Red Eagle (1792)
Military Merit Cross (1793)
Loyalty Medal (1795)
General Badge of Honor (1810)
War memorial coin for 1813/15 (1813)
Iron Cross (1813)
Luisen Order (1814)
Neufchateler Memorial Medal (1833)
Rescue medal on ribbon (1833)
Warrior Merit Medal (1835)
Hohenzollern commemorative coin for fighters 1848–1849
Royal House Order of Hohenzollern (1851)
Crown Order (1861)
Coronation Medal (1862)
Commemorative coin from 1863
War memorial for 1864
Alsenkreuz (1864)
Düppeler Sturmkreuz (1864)
Memorial cross for 1866
Medal Work for the Fatherland (1870)
Cross of Merit for Women and Virgins (1871)
Commemorative medal from Kaiser Wilhelm (1878) that is not wearable
Medal in memory of the golden wedding anniversary (1879)
Wilhelm Order (1896)
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Medal (so-called "Centenar Medal") (1897)
Red Cross Medal (1898)
Order of Merit of the Prussian Crown (1901)
Hanover Jubilee Medal (1903)
Kurhessian jubilee coin (1903)
Memorial tokens for the Silver Wedding (1906)
Cross of Merit for Women (1907)
Mount of Olives Cross (1909)
Cross of Merit (1912)
Kurhessian anniversary commemorative coin (1913)
Military Pilot Badge (1913)
Badge for naval pilots on seaplanes (1913)
Badge for Observer (1914)
Cross of Merit for War Aid (1916)
Wound Badge (1918)
Submarine War Badge (1918)
Order of St. John
General Medal of Merit
Cross for faithful service
Medal of Honor
Badge of honor for services to fire extinguishing
Reminder signs for employees of the state railways
Kaluga commemorative medal for the 25th anniversary

Kingdom of Bavaria

Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Bavaria

St. Hubertus Order (Order of St. Hubertus)
House order of St. George
Military Max Joseph Order
Order of St. Elizabeth (1766)
Order of the Palatinate Lion (1767)
Order of St. Anne (1783)
Civil Merit Medal (1792/1805/1806)
Military Merit Medal (1794)
Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown (1808)
Military Medical Medal (1812)
Military memorial for 1813/1815 (1814)
Veteran's plate for 40 years of service in the Bavarian Army (1816)
Veteran's plate for 24 years of service in the Bavarian Army (1816)
Order of Theresa (1827)
Order of Ludwig (Bavaria) (1827)
Order of Merit of St. Michael (1837)
Military Memorial Medal for 1813/1815 (1848)
Veteran's memorial (1848)
Memorial for the year 1849 (1849)
Maximilian Order for Art and Science (1853)
Seniority sign - from 1876 service award cross
Military Merit Order (1866)
Campaign memorial 1849 (1866)
Army memorial 1866 (1866)
Commemorative signs for civil doctors 1866 (1867)
Cross of Merit for the years 1870/71 (1871)
Ludwig Medal for Science and Art (1872)
Ludwig Medal for Industry (1872)
Landwehr Service Award (1876)
Rescue Medal (1889)
St. George's Medal (1889)
Luitpold Medal (1897)
Cross of Merit for Voluntary Nursing (1901)
Fire Brigade Merit Cross (1901)
Service Award Cross for Voluntary Nursing (1901)
Owner anniversary medal (1904)
Prince Regent Luitpold Medal (1905)
Jubilee Medal for the Bavarian Army (1905)
Security Service Award (1906)
Military Jubilee Medal (1909)
Agricultural Jubilee Medal (1910)
Luitpold Cross for 40 years of service in state and municipal service (1911)
Pilot badge (1913)
Military Medical Order (1914)
Military Air Observer Badge (1914)
Aviator Memorial Badge (1914)
King Ludwig Cross (1916)
Aviator Badge (1918)
Wedding Anniversary Medal (1918)
Commemorative tokens of the royal couple's golden wedding anniversary (1918)
Jubilee cross for officers and NCOs of the K. and K. Infantry Regiments No. 62 Ludwig III. King of Bavaria (1918)
Memorial cross for the members of both chambers (1918)

House Wittelsbach (Bavarian royal house) after 1918

Crown Prince Rupprecht Medal (1925–1934)
Commemorative token for the 60th birthday of Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria (1929)
Palatinate Medal (1930)
Anniversary medal of the 2nd Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment "Crown Prince" (1932)
Anniversary medal of the 10th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment "König" (1932)
Anniversary medal of the 1st Royal Bavarian Chevaulegers Regiment (1932)
Anniversary medal of the 2nd Royal Bavarian Chevaulegers Regiment "Taxis" (1932)
World War II Memorial Cross of the 22nd Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment

Kingdom of Saxony

Military Order of St. Heinrich (1736)
House Order of the Diamond Crown (1807)
Order of Civil Merit (1815)
Rescue Medal (1831)
Albrechts Order (1850)
Military st. Heinrichs Medal (1866)
Memorial cross for the 1866 campaign (1867)
Sidonia Order (1870)
Commemorative Cross for Voluntary Nursing 1870/71 (1871)
Commemorative cross for the campaign in 1849 (1874)
Badge of Honor for Loyalty to Work (1875)
General Badge of Honor (1876)
Carola Medal (1892)
Maria Anna Order (1906)
Friedrich August Medal (1905)
Cross of Honor (1907)
Cross of Honor for Voluntary Nursing in Peace (1912)
War Merit Cross (1915)
Service award cross
Landwehr service award
Fire Department Badge of Honor
Commemorative coin 1863/64
Commemorative coin 1866
Medal for Merit in Agriculture
Virtuti et Ingenio medal
Wettin anniversary medal
Anniversary medal

Kingdom of Württemberg

Order of the Golden Eagle
Order of the Württemberg Crown
Military Merit Order (1806)
Military Merit Medal (1806)
Medal for the victory at Brienne (1814)
Medal of honor for the 1815 campaign
Frederick Order (1830)
Military Service Mark (1833)
War Memorial Coin (1840)
Civil Merit Medal (1841)
War memorial for the campaign in Schleswig-Holstein (1849)
Seniority sign (1850)
Order of Olga (1871)
Landwehr Service Award (1879)
Fire service badge of honor (1885)
Karl Olga Medal (1889)
Cross of Merit (1900)
Wilhelmskreuz (Württemberg) (1915)
Charlottenkreuz (1916)

Grand Duchy of Baden

Order of the Blue Bandage (1584)
House Order of Loyalty (1715)
Military Karl Friedrich Order of Merit (1805)
Karl Friedrich Military Merit Medal (1807)
Order of the Zähringer Lion (1812)
Field Service Award (1839)
Memorial Medal (1840)
Medal for Agriculture, Industry and Commerce (1846)
Military Memorial Medal from 1849 (1849)
Medal of Merit (1866)
Rescue Medal (1866)
Service award (1868)
Memorial cross for the 1870/71 campaign (1871)
Cross for female servants (1876)
Order of Berthold the First (1877)
Landwehr Service Award (1877)
Decoration of honor for members of the voluntary fire brigade (1877)
Medal for Art and Science (1893)
Anniversary medal for midwives (1884)
Workers Medal (1895)
Government Jubilee Medal from 1902 (1902)
Workers Cross (1902)
Friedrich Luisen Medal (1906)
Commemorative Medal for 1906 (1906)
Reminder sign for 1906 (1906)
War Merit Cross (1916)

Grand Duchy of Hesse- Darmstadt

House Order of the Golden Lion (1770)

Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Ludwig (1807)

Order of Philip the Magnanimous (1840)

Field Service Sign (1840)

General Medal of Honor (Hessian Medal of Bravery) (1843)

Medal of Merit for Science, Art, Industry and Agriculture (1853)

Hessian Military Merit Cross (1870)

Military Medical Cross (1870)

Landwehr Service Award (1871)

Commemorative Medal (1881)

Badge of Honor for Services in Water Difficulty 1882–1883 (1883)

Alice Medal (1884)

Commemorative medal for the wedding of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig (1894)

Cross for female servants (1895)

Commemorative token of the second marriage of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig (1905)

Commemorative sign for railway service (1906)

Ernst Ludwig Eleonor Cross (1910)

Star of Brabant (1914)

Medal of Honor for War Welfare (1915)

Wedding medal Ernst Ludwig and Eleonore (1916)

Warrior Medal of Honor in Iron (1917)

Anniversary commemorative sign (1917)

Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Medal for the honest man and the good citizen (1798)
Medal of Merit (1798/1815/1859/1872/1885/1897)
Military Merit Medal for 1813-1815 (1814)
War memorial for 1808–1815 (1841)
Military Merit Cross (1848)
Medal for Art and Science (1859)
Jubilee clasp 1813–1863 (1863)
House order of the Wendish Crown (together with Mecklenburg-Strelitz) (1864)
Landwehr Service Award (1874)
War memorial for 1848/1849 (1879)
Order of the Griffin (from 1904 together with Mecklenburg-Strelitz) (1884)
Merit Medal Friedrich-Franz III. (1885)
Medal of Honor for self-sacrificing help in the water crisis 1888 (1888)
Memorial medal for Friedrich Franz III. (1897)
Warrior Club Medal (1899)
Commemorative medal for the participants in the Africa expedition (1908)
Friedrich-Franz-Alexandra-Cross (1912)
Friedrich-Franz-Cross (1917)

Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Military Service Cross (1846/1869/1913)
House order of the Wendish Crown (together with Mecklenburg-Schwerin) (1864)
Cross for distinction in war (1871)
Landwehr service award (1875/1913)
Medal in memory of the golden wedding 1893 (1893)
Medal in memory of the diamond wedding 1903 (1903)
Medal of Merit (1904/1914)
Order of the Griffin (together with Mecklenburg-Schwerin) (1904)
Warrior Club Medal (1906)
Order for Art and Science (Mecklenburg-Strelitz) (1909)
Medal for Rescue from Danger to Life (1910)
Commemorative token for long-term loyalty to service for persons of the female sex (1911)
Commemorative Cross for Long Service Loyalty for Persons of Female Sex (1911)
Memorial medal for Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich V (1914)
Adolf Friedrich Cross (1917)

Grand Duchy of Oldenburg

Civil Merit Medal (1814)
War memorial for the campaign in 1815 (1816)
House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig (1838)
Service award cross in gold for 25 years of service of officers (1838–1867)
Service award cross in silver for 25 years of service from sergeant downwards (1838–1867)
Service awards for 18, 12 or 9 years of service (1847)
Medal of Merit for Rescue from Danger (1848)
Medal in memory of Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August (1853)
Commemorative medal for the campaign in 1866 (1866)
Commemorative medal 1870/71 (1871)
Cross of Merit for Sacrifice and Duty in Time of War (1871)
Medal for Services to Art (1878)
Commemorative medal for the veterans 1848 and 1849 (1898)
Warrior Association Cross of Merit (1902)
Medal for Loyalty to Work (1904)
Medal for merits in the fire service (1904)
Red Cross Medal (1908)
Gendarmerie Service Award for 18, 12 or 9 years of service (1913)
Friedrich August Cross (1914)
War Merit Medal 1916–1918

Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach

Grand Ducal Saxon House Order of Vigilance or House Order of the White Falcon (1732, again 1815)
Medal for loyal warriors (1815)
Medal MERITIS NOBILIS (1820)
Service Award Cross (1834)
Silver Civil Merit Medal
Decoration of honor for notable activities 1870/1871
Life Saving Medal (1881)
Medal of Honor for Women (1899)
General Badge of Honor (1902)
Warrior Cross of Honor for German Loyalty (1909)
Wilhelm Ernst War Cross (1915)
Decoration of Honor for Women's Merit in War (1915)
Cross of Merit for Local Merit 1914/18 (1918)

Duchy of Anhalt-Koethen

Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg

War memorial for 1814–1815 (1818)
Medal for Fifty Years of Service (1835)
Service Award Cross (1847)
Service Awards (1847)
Alexander Carl Memorial Coin (1853)
Medal for Services to Art and Science (1856)

Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau

Campaign Cross for 1813–1815 (1823)
Service Award Cross for Officers (1848)
Service awards for NCOs and men (1848)

Duchy of Anhalt (entire state 1863-1918)

House order of Albrecht the Bear
Friedrich Cross
Merit mark of merit for rescue from danger
Order of Merit for Science and Art
Memorial for fifty years of service (1864)
Medal In Memory (1867)
Service award
Decoration of honor for members of the fire brigade (1888)
Commemorative Cross for Long Service Loyalty of Female Servants (1894)
Badge of Honor for Loyalty to Work (1892)
Commemorative medal for the 25th anniversary of the government in 1896 (1896)
Commemorative badge for the 90th birthday of the Duchess-widow Friedericke zu Anhalt-Bernburg (1901)
Cross of Honor for Midwives (1906)
Mary's Cross (1918)

Duchy of Brunswick

Waterloo Medal (1818)
Cross of Honor for 1809 (1824)
Peninsula Medal (1824)
Civil Merit Medal for 1815 (1827)
Service badge (1827/1833)
Order of Henry the Lion (1834)
Rescue Medal (1836)
Military Cross of Merit from 1879
Landwehr service award (1879)
Fire service award (1887)
Commemorative medal for 1848–1849 (1891)
Official badge (1903)
Merit for Art and Science (1908)
Cross of Merit of Women (1912)
Fire Brigade Merit Medal (1912)
Military Cross of Merit from 1914
War Merit Cross (1914)
War Merit Cross for Women and Virgins (1917)
Probation Badge (1918)

Saxon duchies

Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order

Saxony-Altenburg

Military Merit Medal 1814
War memorial 1814/1815 (1816)
Service Award Cross (Sachsen-Altenburg) (1836)
Commemorative medal for aid in the castle fire in 1864
Medal in memory of the war of 1870/71
Commemorative medal for the campaign in 1849 (1874)
Commemorative medal for the 50th anniversary of the Duchy (1876)
Lifesaving Medal (1882)
Silver Honorary Award for Workers and Servants (1886)
Decoration of honor for members of the fire brigades (1900)
Medal for the 50th anniversary of the government in 1903
Herzog Ernst Medal (1906)
Service award for court officials and registrars, clergymen and teachers (1913)
Medal of Bravery (1915)
Landwehr service award
Medal for Art and Science

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Military Merit Medal (1814)
Iron Medal for the Volunteers of the V Army Corps (1814)
War memorial to the campaign in 1814
Cross of Merit for Art and Science (1835)
Military service award
Memorial cross for Eckernförde (1849)
Medal for Art and Science
Medal for Female Merit (1869)
Lifesaving Medal (1883)
Duke Ernst Medal (1888)
Commemorative medal for the golden wedding of Duke Ernst II (1892)
Commemorative medal for the entry of Duke Alfred (1894)
Duke Alfred Medal (1896)
Commemorative medal for the silver wedding of Duke Alfred (1899)
Commemorative medal on the accession of Duke Carl Eduard (1905)
Commemorative medal for the wedding of Duke Carl Eduard (1905)
Duke Carl Eduard Medal
Carl Eduard War Cross (1916)
Decoration of honor for home merit
War Memorial Cross 1914–1918 (1916)
Fire Department Badge of Honor

Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Order of St. Joachim (1755)
Campagne medal 1814/15
Iron medal 1814 for officers / men

Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen

Order of Merit for Art and Science
Civil Service Award (1913)
Cross for Merit in War (1915)
Medal for Merit in War (1915)
Cross for Merit of Women and Virgins in War Welfare (1915)

Principalities of Hohenzollern

Although Hohenzollern was not a federal state but a Prussian government district from 1849, the Prince of Hohenzollern retained the right to donate and bestow awards.

Princely Hohenzollern House Order
Service Award Cross (1841)
Medal of Honor (1842)
Princely Hohenzollern Cross of Honor
Bene merenti medal (1857)
Medal for the golden wedding 1884
To commemorate the golden wedding anniversary of 1884
Memorial token for the silver wedding 1886
Commemorative medal for the fusilier regiment Prince Carl Anton von Hohenzollern (1893)
Cross of Merit (1910)
Carl Anton Memorial Medal (1911)

Principality of Lippe-Detmold

Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe

Reussian principalities - older and younger lines together

Memorial cross for Eckernförde (1849)
Merit Medal
Civil Honor Cross (1857)
Medal of Honor for Loyalty and Merit (1867)
Reussian Cross of Honor (1869)
Cross of Merit for Art and Science (1885)
Medal for Art and Science (1908)
War Merit Cross 1914 (1915)
Medal for Homeland Merit (1915)
Medal for self-sacrificing work in wartime (1915)
Medal of Merit with Crown and Sword (1915)

Reussian Principality - older line

Cross of Merit (1858)
Medal Merito ac dignitati (1872)

Reussian Principality - younger line

Cross of Merit (1857)
Medal of Merit for Faithful Service (1859)

Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Memorial cross for 1814–1815 (1816)
Service Awards (1850)
Cross of Honor of Schwarzburg (1853)
Service Reward Medal (1853)
Medal of Honor (1857)
Service Awards for Soldiers (1867)
Medal of Honor for War Merit 1870 (1870)
Medal of Merit for Art, Science, Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (1899)
Medal of Recognition for Commendable Achievements or Good Services (1899)

Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

War medal for 1814/15 (1815)
Service Awards (1838)
Medal for Art and Science (1846)
Medal for Services to Agriculture (1846)
Cross of Honor of Schwarzburg (1857)
Medal of Honor (1866)
Medal for Rescue from Danger (1870)
Medal of Honor for War Merit 1870/71 (1871)
Fire Brigade Decoration (1895)
Medal for Loyalty to Work (1896)
Gold Medal for Art and Science (Schwarzburg – Sondershausen) (1898)
Commemorative medal for the 25th anniversary of the government (1905)
Medal for Merit in War (1914)
Medal of Honor with broken oak 1914/15 (1915)
Anna Luisen Merit Sign (1918)

Principality of Waldeck

Order of True Bliss (Orden de la veritable Felicité) (1721)
Campaign Medal 1809-1810 (1850)
Campaign Medal 1813–1815 (1850)
Service awards for soldiers and gendarmes (1848)
Medal of Merit (1857)
Campaign Medal 1814/1815 (1862)
Military Cross of Merit (1871 to 1896)
Order of Merit (1871 to 1896)
Cross of Merit (1896)
Award for female servants and employees (1897)
Medal for Art and Science (1899)
Warrior Club Honor (1912)
Fire Brigade Decoration (1913)
Friedrich Bathildis Medal (1915)

Hanseatic City of Bremen

War memorial of the Hanseatic Legion (1815)
Service Awards (1860)
Hanseatic Cross

Hanseatic City of Hamburg

War memorial of the Hanseatic Legion (1815)
Seewarte medal
Service award cross for officers
Honorary award for former Hamburg soldiers
Rescue medal
Medal for aid in the town fire in 1842 (1843)
Hanseatic Cross (1915)
Medal of honor in silver (since 1851)
Medal of honor in gold (since 1960)

Hanseatic City of Lübeck

War memorial of the Hanseatic Legion (1815)
Commemorative coin Bene Merenti
Rescue medal
Medal of honor for loyal service
Hanseatic Cross

Weimar Republic

Coat of arms of the
German Empire
(1920–1935)

State awards in the Weimar Republic

Eagle Shield of the German Empire (1922)
Commemorative badge for army airmen (1920)
Commemorative badge for naval airmen (1920)
Chariot commemorative badge (1921)
Colonial Badge (1922)

Non-state awards in the Weimar Republic

Free corps awards

Awards of the countries from 1918 to 1933

Free State of Anhalt

Republic of Baden

Fire Brigade Decoration (1920)
State Medal (1927)

Free State of Bavaria

Rescue medal
Badge of Honor for Outstanding Achievement in Fire Service (1920)
Fire Brigade Decoration (1920)
Fire Brigade Merit Cross (1928)

People's State of Hesse

Fire Brigade Decoration for Loyalty Service (1922)

Free State of Lippe

Rescue Medal (1925)
State Medal (1926)
Commemorative token for services to fire extinguishing (1927)

Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Rescue Medal (1926)

Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Rescue Medal (1922)
Medal for Art and Science (1928)

Free State of Oldenburg

Medal for Merit in Fire Extinguishing (1928)

Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe

Fire Brigade Decoration (1924)

Free State of Thuringia

Rescue Medal (1926)

Free State of Waldeck

Fire Brigade Memorial Sign (1927)

People's State of Württemberg

Fire Service Medal of Honor (1919/1925)
Medal of the King Karl Jubilee Foundation (1920)
Rescue Medal (1924)

Free City of Gdansk

Rescue Medal (1927)
Commemorative token for merit to the fire extinguishing system (1932)
Fire Department Badge of Honor
Loyalty Service Medal
Police Service Award
Danzig Cross (1939)
Decoration of Honor of the Red Cross (until 1934)
Cross of Merit of the Red Cross (from 1934)
Merit plaque of the Free City of Gdansk
Flak commemorative badge of the city of Gdansk
Badge of Honor of the SS Home Guard Danzig (1939)

Awards of the Third Reich

War decorations from the Second World War may only be worn in the Federal Republic of Germany without National Socialist emblems in the version established in 1957. According to the " Law on Titles, Medals and Decorations " of 1957, other awards from the Nazi era may not be worn.

Rescue Medal (1933) (1933)
Cross of Honor of the World War 1914–1918 (1934)
Olympic Medal of Honor (1936)
Olympic Commemorative Medal (1936)
Reich fire brigade badge (1936)
Reichsgrubenwehr Medal of Honor (1936)
German National Order for Art and Science (1937)
Order of Merit from the German Eagle (1937)
Cross of Honor of the German Mother (1938)
Mine Rescue Decoration (1938)
Air Defense Medal (1938)
Medal in memory of March 13, 1938 (1938)
Medal in memory of October 1, 1938 and Prague Castle clasp (1938)
Medal in memory of those returning from Memelland (1939)
Spain Cross (1939)
Wound badge for members of the Condor Legion in the Spanish Civil War (1939)
Cross of Honor for survivors of German Spanish fighters (1939)
Decoration of Honor for German People's Care (1939)
German Schutzwall Decoration (1939)
War Merit Cross and War Merit Medal (1939)
Wound Badge (1939) ( 1 )
Iron Cross (1939)
- Grand Cross of the Iron Cross
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with five levels
- Iron Cross
German Cross (1941)
Medal Winter Battle in the East 1941/42 (1942)
Award for bravery and merit for members of the Eastern peoples (1942)
Driving license badge (1942)
Wound badge July 20, 1944 (1944)
Gang fight badge ( 1 ) (1944)
Sniper badge ( 1 ) (1944)
Sleeve shields worn
on the left upper arm
- Narvik Shield (1940)
- Cholmschild (1942)
- Krimschild (1942)
- Demyansk Shield (1943)
- Kuban Shield (1943)
- Warsaw Shield (1945)
Sleeves are
worn around the left forearm
- Cuff Africa (1943)
- Cuff bracelet Crete (1942)
- Sleeve ribbon Metz 1944 (1944)
- Kurland cuff (1945)

army

Armored troop badge of the Condor Legion (1936)
Paratrooper Badge of the Army (1937)
Infantry Assault Badge (1939)
Panzer Badge ( 1 ) (1939)
General Assault Badge ( 1 ) (1940)
Army flaka mark (1941)
Special badge for fighting armored vehicles by lone fighters (1942)
Melee clasp (1942)
Balloon Observer Badge ( 1 ) (1944)
Honorary sheet clasp of the Army (1944)
Low-level aircraft destruction badge (1945)

air force

Pilot badge (1935)
Observer badge (1935)
Joint pilot and observer badge (1935)
Aviator Badge (1935)
Paratrooper Badge of the Air Force (1936)
Aviator commemorative badge (1936)
Glider pilot badge (1940)
Front flight clasp ( 1 ) (1941)
Luftwaffe anti-aircraft combat badge (1941)
Luftwaffe ground combat badge ( 1 ) (1942)
Luftwaffe naval combat badge (1944)
Honorary clasp of the Luftwaffe (1944)
Luftwaffe melee clasp ( 1 ) (1944)
Panzer Badge Luftwaffe ( 1 ) (1944)

Navy

Submarine War Badge (1939)
Destroyer War Badge (1940)
War badge for minesweeping, submarine hunting and security groups (1940)
War badge for auxiliary cruiser (1941)
Fleet War Badge (1941)
Speedboat War Badge (1941)
War badge for the naval artillery (1941)
Badge for blockade breakers (1941)
Honorary leaf clasp of the Kriegsmarine (1944)
Combat badge for small weapons in seven levels ( 1 ) (1944)
Probation badge for small weapons (1944)
Submarine front clasp (1944)
Navy front clasp (1944)

Armed SS

Germanic achievement rune (1943)

Awards of the NSDAP

Public administration

Loyalty Service Medal (1938)
Customs Border Guard Decoration (1939)
Medal for loyal service in the eastern areas of the Reichsmin. fd occupied eastern territories (1941)

German Democratic Republic

Coat of arms of the GDR from 1955 to 1990

medal

Karl Marx Order (1953)
Patriotic Order of Merit (1954)
Labor Banner (1954)
Friendship of Nations (1959)
Blucher Order (1965)
Scharnhorst Order (1966)
Kampforden "For services to people and fatherland" (1966)
Military Order of Merit of the German Democratic Republic (1982)
Order of Merit of the Ministry for State Security (1990) (no longer donated)
Stauffenberg Order (1990) (no longer donated)

Prices

National Prize of the German Democratic Republic (1949)
Heinrich Greif Prize (1951)
Lessing Prize (1954)
Prize for artistic folk creation (1955)
Heinrich Heine Prize (1956)
Ćišinski Prize (1956)
Carl Blechen Prize (1956)
Johannes R. Becher Medal (1958)
Art Prize of the GDR (1959)
Rudolf Virchow Prize (1960)
GutsMuths Prize (1961)
Friedrich Engels Prize (1970)
Theodor Körner Prize (GDR) (1970)
Architecture Prize of the German Democratic Republic (1976)
Design Award of the German Democratic Republic (1978)
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Prize (1979)

Honorary title

Activist badge of the state-owned enterprises (1949)
Activist badge of the machine rental stations (1949)
Honored Teacher of the People (1949)
Honored Doctor of the People (1949)
Hero of Labor (1950)
Honored Activist (1950)
Honored Inventor (1950)
Excellent Quality Brigade (1950)
Best Quality Brigade (1950–1964)
Honored Miner of the German Democratic Republic (1950)
Master carver (1950)
Honored Railroad Worker of the German Democratic Republic (1950)
Great Scientist of the People (1951)
Honored Technician of the People (1951)
Master builder (1951–1960)
Honored Breeder (1952)
Honored Veterinarian (1952)
Honored Master (1953–1958)
Best Master (1953)
Activist of the Five Year Plan (1953–1960)
Brigade of Collective Activist Work (1953-1960)
Outstanding Cooperative (1954)
Brigade of Excellence (1954–1977)
Master of Sports (1954)
Honored Master of Sports (1954)
Outstanding youth brigade of the German Democratic Republic (1955–1963)
Socialist Labor Brigade (1959–1962)
Community of Socialist Labor (1960–1962)
Master builder of cooperative production (1960)
Outstanding Young Activist (1960)
Activist of the Seven Year Plan (1960–1969)
Collective of Socialist Labor (1962)
Excellent youth collective of the German Democratic Republic (1963)
Honored Seaman (1965)
Honored People's Police Officer of the German Democratic Republic (1966)
Operation of Socialist Labor (1969)
Socialist Labor Activist (1969)
Honored Employee of the State Security (1969)
Honored employee of the customs administration of the German Democratic Republic (1972)
Honored Construction Worker of the German Democratic Republic (1972)
Honored military aviator of the German Democratic Republic (1974)
Honored Energy Worker of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
Honored Metallurgist of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
Honored chemical worker of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
Honored Metalworker of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
Honored worker in the light, food and food industry of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
Honored worker in the transport sector of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
Honored employee in trade in the German Democratic Republic (1975)
Honored worker in the field of domestic and communal services in the German Democratic Republic (1975)
Honored worker in the postal and telecommunications system of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
Honored University Professor of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
Hero of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
Honored Member of the National People's Army (1975)
Honored Member of the Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
Honored Veterinarian of the German Democratic Republic (1976)
Honored Cooperative Farmer of the German Democratic Republic (1976)
Honored worker in agriculture and forestry in the German Democratic Republic (1977)
Honored Member of the Civil Defense of the German Democratic Republic (1977)
Aviation cosmonaut of the German Democratic Republic (1978)
Honored employee of the planning bodies of the German Democratic Republic (1978)
Honored employee of the finance department of the German Democratic Republic (1978)
Honored lawyer of the German Democratic Republic (1979)
Honored water manager of the German Democratic Republic (1979)
Honored employee in the foreign policy service (1979)
Honored People's Controller of the German Democratic Republic (1981)
Honored Healthcare Worker (1985)
Village of Youth (1987)

State medals

Federal Republic of Germany

Coat of arms of the Federal Republic of Germany

Orders and decorations of the federal government

Awarded by the Federal President

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1951) ( 2 )
Eichendorff badge (1983)
Mine Rescue Decoration (1953)
Pro Musica badge (1968)
Silver medal for disabled sports (1978–1993)
Silver bay leaf (1950)
Sports badge of the Federal President (1984)
Zelter badge (1956)

Awarded by the Federal Minister of Defense ( Bundeswehr )

Badge of Honor of the Bundeswehr (1980) ( 2 )
- Medal of Honor of the Bundeswehr (1980)
- Cross of Honor of the Bundeswehr (1980)
- Cross of Honor of the Bundeswehr for bravery (2008)
Bundeswehr Mission Medal (1996) ( 3 )
Mission Medal Battle (2010)
Veteran's Badge (2019)

Awarded by the Federal Minister of the Interior ( THW )

Decoration of honor of the technical relief organization

Awarded jointly by the BMI and BMVg

Operation medal flood aid 2002 of the BMI / BMVg on the occasion of the Elbe flood in 2002
Operation medal flood aid 2013 of the BMI / BMVg on the occasion of the flood 2013

Orders and decorations of the federal states

Baden-Württemberg

State Medal for Agriculture and Forestry (1818)
Rescue Medal (Baden-Württemberg) (1953)
Fire Brigade Decoration (Baden-Württemberg) (1956)
Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg (1974)
Staufer Medal (1977)
Badge of Honor of the State of Baden-Württemberg (1982)
Business Medal of the State of Baden-Württemberg (1987)
Civil Protection Decoration (2017)
Civil Protection Mission Medal (2017)

Bavaria

Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1853)
Fire Brigade Decoration (1920)
Bavarian Rescue Medal (1952)
Bavarian Order of Merit (1957)
Decoration of Honor for Services to the Bavarian Red Cross (1957)
Bavarian State Medal for Social Merit (1970)
Bavarian State Medal for Special Services to the Environment (1972)
Badge of Honor of the Bavarian Prime Minister (1994)
Bavarian State Medal for Services to Health and Care (2004)
Bavarian State Medal for Internal Security (2013)

Berlin

Brandenburg

Order of Merit of the State of Brandenburg (also Red Eagle Order ) (2003)
Fire Brigade Decoration (Brandenburg) (1994)
Brandenburg Rescue Medal (2003)
Medal for loyalty service in the volunteer fire department
Oderflut Medal of the State of Brandenburg (1997)
Elbe Flood Medal of the State of Brandenburg (2002)
Flood Medal of the State of Brandenburg (2013)

Bremen

Bremen Medal of Honor in Gold (1843)
Bremen Rescue Medal (1908)
Medal for Art and Science
Badge for outstanding performance in sport

Hamburg

Hesse

Hessian Order of Merit (1989)

Wilhelm Leuschner Medal

Hessian rescue medal

Fire protection symbol (Hessen)

Silver pin of honor for the letter of honor of the State of Hesse

Pin in silver for the sports badge of the state of Hesse

Bernhard Christoph Faust Medal

Civil Protection Medals (Hessen)

Civil Protection Merit Medal

Hessian care medal

Goethe plaque from the Hessian Ministry of Culture

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony Rescue Medal (1953)
Lower Saxony State Medal (1956)
Lower Saxony Order of Merit
Lower Saxony medal for services to one's neighbor
Badge of honor for merits in fire extinguishing
Commemorative medal on the occasion of the storm surge disaster in 1962 (1962)
Commemorative medal on the occasion of the forest fire disaster in August 1975 (1975)
Lower Saxony Sports Medal (1984)
Flood Medal 2002 (Lower Saxony) (2002)
Flood Medal 2013 of the State of Lower Saxony (2013)
Lower Saxony environmental needle

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhineland-Palatinate

Saarland

Saarland Rescue Medal (1959)
Fire Brigade Decoration (Saarland) (1959)
Saarland Order of Merit (1974)
Freiherr vom Stein Medal (Saarland) (1989)
Civil Protection Decoration of Honor (Saarland) (2007)
Saarland care medal
Honorary post

Saxony

Commemorative medal on the occasion of the Weißwasser forest fire disaster in May / June 1992 (1992)
Saxon Life Saving Honor (1996)
Saxon Order of Merit (1996)
Saxon Constitutional Medal (1997)
Johann Georg Palitzsch Medal (2000)
Saxon Order of Flood Helpers 2002 (2002)
Fire Brigade Decoration (Saxony) (2003)
Fire service badge for technical assistance (2005)
Fire service badge for fire fighting (2005)
Saxon Order of Flood Helpers 2013 (2013)

Saxony-Anhalt

Honorary Star of the State Fire Brigade Association Saxony-Anhalt (2008)
Band buckle flood Saxony-Anhalt 1994 (1994)
Badge of Honor of the State of Saxony-Anhalt (2000)
Flood Medal of the State of Saxony-Anhalt 2002 (2002)
Fire Protection and Disaster Protection Decoration of Honor of the State of Saxony-Anhalt ( 1 ) (2005)
Rescue Medal of the State of Saxony-Anhalt (2005)
Order of Merit of the State of Saxony-Anhalt (2006)

Schleswig-Holstein

Order of Merit of the State of Schleswig-Holstein
Freiherr vom Stein Medal
Rescue Medal (Schleswig-Holstein)
Schleswig-Holstein Fire Brigade Cross of Honor
Fire Protection Decoration (Schleswig-Holstein)
Storm surge medal
Medal for long-service employees
Badge of Honor of the State of Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein Medal
Flood Decoration of Honor 2002
Flood Badge of Honor 2013

Thuringia

Fire protection honor (Thuringia) (1992)
Rescue medal for rescue from danger (Thuringia) (1994)
Order of Merit of the Free State of Thuringia (2000)
Letter of Honor from the Free State of Thuringia (2005)

Recognized decorations awarded by non-governmental bodies

Order Pour le Mérite for Science and the Arts (1952)

Decoration of Honor of the German Red Cross (1953)

German Fire Brigade Cross of Honor of the German Fire Brigade Association (1953) ( 2 )

Medal for rescue from distress of the DGzRS

Decoration of Honor of the German Traffic Guard (1957)

Medal of the Order of St. John (1959)

Goethe Medal (1955)

German sports badge (1912) ( 1 )

German lifeguard badge of the ASB in silver and gold ( 1 )

German lifeguard badge of the DLRG in silver and gold ( 1 )

German lifeguard badge of the DRK water rescue service in silver and gold ( 1 )

Remarks

(1) Only the highest level awarded may be worn for these decorations.
(2) After being awarded a higher level, the lower level does not need to be taken.
(3) The "OSCE" mission medal with a number on the clasp may only be worn with the highest number.

literature

CH v. Gelbke: Knight medals and medals of honor of the Royal. Prussian monarchy. Otto, Erfurt 1837. Digitized
Henning Volle: The collections of the Defense History Museum in Rastatt Castle, row 1: Orders and decorations. Freiburg 1977.
German uniform badges 1900–1945. Patzwall, Norderstedt 1994.
Friedhelm Beyreiß: The house order and the portable decorations of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg 1813-1918. Patzwall Publishing House, Norderstedt 1997.
Friedhelm Beyreiß: Rescue Medals of German States 1782–1918. Patzwall Publishing House, Norderstedt 2006.
Alexander von Sallach, Thomas Dachs: The orders and decorations of our republic. 2006, ISBN 3-937064-04-4 , 604 pp. (Historical overview of the labeling system in the Federal Republic after the war in the federal and state levels and complete images of all awards).
Alexander von Sallach, Thomas Dachs: "The medals and decorations of our republic" with a preface by Federal President Christian Wulff, 4th edition 2011, ISBN 978-3-86646-079-9 .
Alexander von Sallach: "www.die-deutschen-orden.de", overall presentation of the awards in the federal and state levels since 1945.

Web links

German Order of Merit (information on current German awards).
Images of German orders. ( Memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
The orders of the Federation and its countries.
The awards of the Principality of Lippe-Detmold.
Fire service awards in Saxony-Anhalt.
Overview of German orders and decorations from the 18th century to 1945.

Individual evidence

↑ Heinz Kirchner, Hermann-Wilhelm Thiemann, Birgit Laitenberger, Dorothea Bickenbach, Maria Bassier: Deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichen , 6th edition, Carl Heymanns Verlag, Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-452-25954-4 , p. 171 f.
↑ ^a ^b Medal of honor silver Hamburg
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nimmergut, Feder, von der Heyde: German medals and decorations . 6th edition, Battenberg-Verlag, 2006.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Other decorations. In: Federal President. Office and function. Retrieved June 10, 2008 .
↑ The Silver Bay Leaf. In: Federal President. Office and function. Retrieved June 10, 2008 .

[DOE171-1] Heinz Kirchner, Hermann-Wilhelm Thiemann, Birgit Laitenberger, Dorothea Bickenbach, Maria Bassier: Deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichen , 6th edition, Carl Heymanns Verlag, Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-452-25954-4 , p. 171 f.

[EH-2] Medal of honor silver Hamburg

[orden-3] Nimmergut, Feder, von der Heyde: German medals and decorations . 6th edition, Battenberg-Verlag, 2006.

[BPräsAEZ-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Other decorations. In: Federal President. Office and function. Retrieved June 10, 2008 .

[5] The Silver Bay Leaf. In: Federal President. Office and function. Retrieved June 10, 2008 .