Warsaw shield

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The Warsaw shield ( replica after the draft version)

The Warsaw shield (also arm shield Warsaw ) was a planned combat badge of the German Wehrmacht from the time of the Second World War , but was no longer awarded.

Background to the creation of this award

alternative description
Foundation decree ( Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 part 1 no. 1 page 1)

The sleeve shield was donated by Adolf Hitler on December 10, 1944 and was to be awarded to participants in the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising (August 1, 1944 to October 2, 1944). This also affected foreign volunteers who were involved in war crimes in the associations of the Wehrmacht and the Waffen SS .

The foundation was announced in the Reichsgesetzblatt on January 9, 1945. The award proposals were to be submitted for the first time on February 15, 1945 and accepted by May 31, 1945. The award itself was to take place by September 1, 1945. Due to the development of the war, however, no more shields were awarded. The embossing plate intended for this purpose was destroyed by a bomb attack after two pattern embossings. Award deeds or deeds of ownership were still prepared, but no longer signed.

Award requirements

Award requirements for the army were:
  • seven days of combat or
  • Earning an award for bravery in battles or
  • Wounding or
  • uninterrupted stay of 28 days in the combat zone
 Award requirements for the Air Force were:
  • 10 working days or
  • Earning an award for bravery in battles or
  • Wounding or
  • at least 20 mission flights

It was to be awarded by SS-Obergruppenführer and Police General Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski "in the name of the Führer" .

Design ideas and appearance

The size of the shield that should be worn on the left sleeve should be 50 × 62 mm.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt-Gerhard Klietmann: Awards of the German Empire. 1936-1945. 11th edition. Motorbuch, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-87943-689-4 , p. 94 f.