Date Instituted: August 19th, 1940 Awarded To: Officers and men of the Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe or Heer that participatedin the Battle of Narvik during the Norwegian Campaign. Required Qualifications: Participation in the Battle for Narvik between April 9th, 1940and June 9th, 1940. First Awarded: March 21st, 1941 – to GenObrst. Dietl Number Awarded: 8,577 total Grades/Variations: […]
Category Archives: Waffen-SS
Date Instituted December 29th, 1944 Awarded To In theory, to 12 of the most deserving officers and men of any rank within any branch of the Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS, or the auxiliary service organizations, awarded post-WWII pending an Axis victory. In practice, an exception was made and only one award was ever presented. Required Qualifications In […]
The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross was a highly regarded award, being somewhat the equal of the American Medal of Honor.
Date Instituted: September 28th, 1941 Awarded To: Officers and men of all ranks within any branch of the Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS or the auxiliary service organizations. Required Qualifications*: In general: The previous award of the Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves and Swords, and Continued performance of outstanding actions of combat bravery above and beyond the call of […]
Date Instituted: September 28th, 1941 Awarded To: Officers and men of all ranks within any branch of the Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS, or the auxiliary service organizations. Required Qualifications*: In general: The previous award of the Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves, and Continued performance of outstanding actions of combat bravery above and beyond the call of duty. For […]
Date Instituted: June 3rd, 1940 Awarded To: Officers and men of all ranks within any branch of the Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS, or the auxiliary service organizations. Required Qualifications*: In general: The previous award of the Knight’s Cross, and Continued performance of outstanding actions of combat bravery above and beyond the call of duty. For the Luftwaffe: […]
The Reichsfuhrung-SS was composed of two main parts, the KommandostabReichsfuhrung-SS and the Personlicher Stab Reichsfuhrung-SS. The KommandostabReichsfuhrung-SS was an executive administrative staff which was located at Himmler’spersonal headquarters. During the War, the Kommandostab Reichsfuhrung-SS acted on amobile basis under the title Feldkommadostelle Reichsfuhrung-SS and was organised like amilitary headquarters. As such, it acted more-or-less as […]
Numbered SS-Panzergrenadier-Divisionen 4.SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 9 SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 10 10.SS-Panzergrenadier-Division “Frundsberg” SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 11 (germanische) 11.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division “Nordland” 12.SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Hiterjugend” 14.(germ) SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division 16.SS-Panzergrenadier-Division “Reichsführer SS” 17.SS-Panzergrenadier-Division “Götz von Berlichingen” 18.SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 18.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division “Horst Wessel” 23.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division “Nederland” (niederlandische Nr. 1) 28.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division “Wallonien” Named SS-Panzergrenadier-Divisionen SS-Panzergrenadier-Division “Hohenstaufen” SS-Panzergrenadier-Division “Leibstandarte SS AdolfHitler” SS-Panzergrenadier-Division “Nordland” SS-Panzergrenadier-Frewilligen-Division “Nordland” SS-Panzergrenadier-Division “Das Reich” SS-Panzergrenadier-Division “Totenkopf” SS-Panzergrenadier-Division “Wiking”
Lineage Infanterie-Regiment 348/216.Inf.Div Grenadier-Regiment 348/216.Inf.Div Grenadier-Regiment 980/272.Inf.Div Grenadier-Regiment 980 began as Inf.Rgt.348 of the 216.Inf.Div.,and sometime in 1942 the designation changed to Grenadier-Regiment 348. OnDecember 16th, 1943 the division was rebuilt as the 272.Inf.Div. and Grenadier-Regiment 348became Grenadier-Regiment 980. When the 272.Inf.Div was again rebuilt, this time as the 272.Volks.Gren,.Div.,Grenadier-Regiment 980 retained its designation and […]
1.SS-Brigade (mot) 1.SS-Infanterie-Brigade (mot) 2.SS-Brigade (mot) 2.SS-Infanterie-Brigade (mot) 2.Lettische SS-Freiwilligen Brigade 3.Estnische SS-Freiwilligen-Brigade Estnische SS-Freiwilligen-Brigade Lettische SS-Freiwilligen-Brigade SS-Brigade (mot) 1 SS-Brigade (mot) 2 SS Brigade “Schuldt”