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General

• Identification help: Military awards

Awards worn in the button-hole of the tunic

• Blocking of awardings by the Wehrmacht
• Regulations for the wear of awards and badges in the Heer & Waffen-SS
• More awards related information

Campaign Cuff Titles

• Afrika Cuff Title
• Kreta Cuff Title
• Kurland Cuff Title
• Metz 1944 Cuff Title

Campaign Shields

• Cholm Shield
• Crimea Shield
• Demjansk Shield
• Kuban Shield
• Lapland Shield
• Narvik Shield
• Warsaw Shield
• Unofficial or prototype Campaign Shields

Heer & Waffen-SS Awards

• Anti-Partisan Badge
• Army Anti-Aircraft Badge
• Army Balloon Observer's Badge
• Army Parachutist Badge
• Badge for shooting-down low flying aircraft
• Close Combat Clasp
• Commendation Certificate of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army
• Commendation Certificate of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army for Shooting Down Aircraft
• General Assault Badge
• Honor Roll Clasp of the Heer
• Infantry Assault Badge
• Marksmanship Lanyards
• Sniper's Badge
• Tank Combat Badge
• Tank Destruction Badge

German Cross

• German Cross in Silver
• German Cross in Gold
• German Cross with Diamonds

Iron Cross

• Iron Cross 2nd Class
• Iron Cross 1st Class
• Knight's Cross
• Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
• Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
• Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
• Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
• Grand Cross of the Iron Cross

Kriegsmarine Awards

• Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge
• Blockade Runner Badge
• Coastal Artillery War Badge
• Combat Badge for Small Battle Units
• Destroyer War Badge
• E-Boat War Badge
• High Seas Fleet War Badge
• Honor Table Clasp of the Kriegsmarine
• Minesweeper Badge
• Naval Combat Clasp
• U-Boat Combat Clasp
• U-Boat War Badge

Luftwaffe Awards

• Air Gunner's and Flight Engineer's Badge
• Aircrew Badge
• Anti-Aircraft Badge
• Close Combat Bar of the Luftwaffe
• Combined Pilot-Observer Badge
• Combined Pilot-Observer Badge in Gold with Diamonds
• Flier's Commemorative Badge
• Glider Pilot's Badge
• Ground Assault Badge
• Honor Goblet of the Luftwaffe
• Honor Roll Clasp of the Luftwaffe
• Honor Salver of the Luftwaffe
• Observers Badge
• Operational Flying Clasp
• Markmanship Lanyards
• Parachutists Badge
• Pilots Badge
• Radio Operator / Air Gunner Badge
• Sea Battle Badge of the Luftwaffe
• Tank Combat Badge of the Luftwaffe

Service Awards

• Badge for Long Service as a Civilian Employee of the Army and Navy
• Commemorative Medal of 13 March 1938 (Austria)
• Commemorative Medal of 1 October 1938 (Czechoslovakia)
• Cross of Honour 1914-18
• Driver's Service Badge
• Eastern Front Medal - See Medal for the Winter Campaign in Russia
• German Defences Medal
• Hindenburg Cross - See Cross of Honour 1914-18
• Italo-German Campaign Medal in Africa
• Long Service Awards of the Wehrmacht
• Medal for the Winter Campaign in Russia 1941-42
• Return of Memel Commemorative Medal
• Spanish Cross
• West Wall Medal - See German Defences Medal

Spanish Civil War (Legion Condor)

• Spanish Civil War Wound Badge
• Spanish Cross
• Tank Combat Badge of Legion Condor

War Merit Cross

• War Merit Medal
• War Merit Cross 2nd Class
• War Merit Cross 1st Class
• Knights Cross to the War Merit Cross
• Knights Cross to the War Merit Cross in Gold

Wound Badges

• Spanish Civil War Wound Badge
• Wound Badge
• Wound Badge, 20 July 1944

Various Awards

• Blue Division Medal
• Order of Azad Hind
• Ostvolk Medal