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Medal Bar mounting order.
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
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Re: Medal Bar mounting order.
Thank you Ade, this has cropped up twice in a week so I'm adding it to the pinned Useful Reference Links thread.
Looking for LDO marked EK2s and items relating to U-406.....
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Re: Medal Bar mounting order.
Thanks for the informative post Ade! You prove to us time and time again how vast your knowledge is!
all the best,
Stefan
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Re: Medal Bar mounting order.
My pleasure.
Cheers, Ade.
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Re: Medal Bar mounting order.
Thanks for posting this, Ade.
Tom
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Re: Medal Bar mounting order.
Great work Ade.Thanks for posting the list.
Regards
Joachim
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Re: Medal Bar mounting order.
Very useful info, thanks Ade.
/Jonas
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