Bundesarchiv Award Lists for KvK & EK

[hucks216]

Via Invenio, the Bundesarchiv have started uploading the award lists for the KvK & EK for various divisions (the RH 7 series of files). Some show as being digitised but have yet to be made available for download while others can be downloaded for free while others are not showing at all (but probably will do in time). It is a great resource but will now also benefit fakers as it will give them access to real names, dates of award and units.
If you're not sure how to navigate to the files just follow the path set out below.

On Invenio

(Upper Window)

Norddeutscher Bund und Deutsches Reich (1867/1871-1945) - Militär - Reichswehr und Wehrmacht 1919 bis 1945/1946 - Spitzenbehörden - RH 7 OKH / Heerespersonalamt

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RH 7 OKH/Heerespersonalamt - 6 Orden und Ehrenzeichen - 6.1 Verleihungslisten - 6.1.1 Kriegsverdienstkreuz and 6.1.2 Eisernes Kreuze

[hucks216]

Here are two scans from the EK lists for 1.Infanterie-Division to show the quality (each scan is just over 2MB in size when downloaded from Invenio).

[thecyclist64]

I am just getting "invalid attachment"

[Willmore]

Thanks for sharing this.

Direct link -

invenio

Kind regards,

Will.

[hucks216]

A bonus with such lists is that they contain the date and place of birth of the soldier so if you have a citation (or set) and nothing else, if you can find his name on a list you can then put those details in to the Volksbund site and see if he survived or not which is handy if the name is a fairly common one.