Medal Bar mounting order.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Armed Forces, Police and Official Uniforms

For the armed forces, the dress code of all branches of the services will be standard.

For parade and dress uniforms only certain Orders and decorations will be worn. These are:

a) German pre-war, war and post-war decorations, except the Order of St. John
b) War decorations from former allied countries
c) Honour awards of the National Socialist movement
d) The SA Defence Badges
e) Authorised Sports Badges
f) Foreign Orders

When not on active service, other authorised Orders and decorations may be worn.

The dress code defines the manner for wear as follows:
a) Neck Orders:
The highest war Orders are worn above peace Orders, arranged by free choice
b) Decorations without ribbons:
At uppermost are the war decorations, wound badges, Silesian Eagle, Baltic Cross; next the honour awards of the NSDAP, next the peace decorations, followed by sports badges.
c) Decorations with ribbons: worn on the left breast in the following order from right to left:

1. Iron Cross 1939 or 1914

2. War Merit Cross with or without swords

3. Honuor Badge of the German Social Services with swords on the ribbon

4. Medal for German Social Services with swords on the ribbon

5. Medal for Winter Campaign in the East 1941/42

6. War Merit Medal

7. House Order of Hohenzollern

8. Red Eagle Order 3rd or 4th Class with swords

9. Crown Order 3rd or 4th Class with swords

10. Austrian Military Maria Theresa Order

11. Austrian Leopold Order with the war decoration

12. Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order

13. Bavarian Military Medical Order

14. Saxon Military St. Henry Order

15. Wurtemberg Military Merit Order

16. Baden Military Karl Friedrich Merit Order

17. Prussian Golden Military Merit Cross

18. Prussian Military Honouyr Award 1st and 2nd Class
on a black-white or a white-black ribbon

19. Austrian Golden Bravery Medal

20. Bavarian Golden and Silver Bravery Medal

21. Saxon Golden Medal of the St. Henry Order

22. Wurtemberg Golden Military Merit Medal

23. Baden Military Karl Friedrich Merit Medal

24. Other German Orders and decorations for merit in the World War in precedence of their class and, when the same class, by date of award.

25. Honour Cross for the World War

26. Austrian War Commemorative Medal

27. War Commemorative Medal 1864, Commemorative Cross 1866, War Commemorative 1870/1871

28. Austrian War Medal

29. Southwest Africa Campaign Medal, Colonial Campaign Medal and the China Campaign Medal

30. Silesian Eagle, Kärtner Cross and Tirol Commemorative Medal

31. Life Saving Medal with ribbon

32. Long Service Awards of the Armed Forces (Austrian Military Service Badge)

33. Other State decorations and awards of the NSDAP showing the higher grades first or if within the same grade level the earliest date of the award received takes precedence.

34. German Olympic Honour Decorations

35. Medal to Commemorate March 13, 1938

36. Medal to Commemorate October 1, 1938

37. Medal to Commemorate the Return of the Memel Region

38. German West Wall Medal

39. German Olympic Commemorative Medal

40. Honour Badge of the German Red Cross

41. Orders and decorations of former German States' rulers in the higher classes or if within the same class level the earliest date of the award received takes precedence.

42. Foreign Orders and decorations in the proper sequence of their receipt

[Adrian]

Thank you Ade, this has cropped up twice in a week so I'm adding it to the pinned Useful Reference Links thread.

[thekid]

Thanks for the informative post Ade! You prove to us time and time again how vast your knowledge is!

all the best,
Stefan

[Adrian Stevenson]

My pleasure.

Cheers, Ade.

[StuG III]

Thanks for posting this, Ade.

Tom

[Kradmelder]

Great work Ade.Thanks for posting the list.

Regards
Joachim

[spunkmaja]

Very useful info, thanks Ade.

/Jonas