Erich Von Dem Bach-Zelewski - German Military Awards and Trophies

German Military Awards and Trophies

  • Iron Cross (1914)
    • 2nd Class (5 August 1915)
    • 1st Class (25 September 1918)
  • Wound Badge (1914)
    • in Black
    • in Silver
  • Cross of Honor
  • Danzig Cross
  • German Sports Badge
  • SA Sports Badge in Bronze
  • Golden Party Badge
  • SS Honour Ring
  • Iron Cross (1939)
    • 2nd Class (31 August 1941)
    • 1st Class (20 May 1942)
  • War Merit Cross with Swords
    • 2nd Class
    • 1st Class
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Anti-Partisan Guerrilla Warfare Badge in Silver
  • German Cross (23 February 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
    • Knight's Cross on 30 September 1944 as SS-Obergruppenführer and General der Polizei and General der Waffen-SS and commander of Korpsgruppe "von dem Bach"
  • Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht radio report on 1 October 1944




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