Iron Cross Manufacturing - Wehrmacht
Two methods were employed for manufacturing during the war, 1) "Blanking Die" Method; From the beginning of the war to 1942, the manufacturing process went as follows; The first operation, on a blanking die, stamped the shape of the frame into a thin sheet of silver. The center of the cross was not punched out and the area between each of the ...
Iron Cross - Wehrmacht
The tin can, after so many years, yields the Iron Cross like a genie; the content of the red can the only the evidence of the war story of this man. If they could talk they would tell of a time when the triggers was squeezed in defense of an unattainable cause, of times that we now picture in black and white but that were all too colored then.
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Walther P-38 - Wehrmacht
Finally on April 1, 1941, Walther was able to achieve its' monthly goal of 10,000 pistols. However, Walther still needed help to meet with the armies' needs. By the end of the war 1.2 million P38s were produced, of which Walther made only about 580,000.
Luftwaffe Badges - Wehrmacht
The conditions of attribution changed during the war. Indeed, the badge was awarded for 3 shot down aircrafts or for 5 combat actions (even without shot down aircraft). Top of Page
Anti-Aircraft (Flak) of the Heer - Wehrmacht
War Badges of the Wehrmacht (World War II German Army) page of the German World War II Medals, Awards and decorations. An apolitical history site. Anti-Aircraft (Flak) of the Heer
Luftwaffe Documents of the Wehrmacht
For an article on this medal see the Glider Pilot Badge in the Luftwaffe War Badge section. Certificate #102 238 awarded to Obergefreiten Alfred Wienröder in May 1942. This document bears the facsimile signature of General der Flieger Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf who was Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Office of the RLM from September 1939 to ...
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2- War Merit Cross 1939 : 3- War Merit Medal : 4- Volkspflegemedaille (German Red Cro. ss) 5 - Olympia Ehrenzeichen : 6- Rettungsmedaille 1937 (Life saving medal) 7- Feuerwehr- Ehrenzeichen : 8- Deutsches Schutzwall- Ehrenzeichen (West Wall Medal) 9-Italian-German Campaign Medal (Africa)
Uniforms of the Wehrmacht
This detailed article deals with the great variety of shoulder boards within the Wehrmacht Luftwaffe Cufftitles ...
<TITLE>Campaign Awards of the Wehrmacht
Cufftitles Spanish, Afrika, Metz, Crete (Kreta) and Kurland Campaign Cufftitles Eastern Campaign Medal Medal for the 1941/1942 Battle in the East Spanish Cross Cross for the veterans of the Legion Condor who fought in the Spanish Civil War Campaign Shields Cholm, Narvik, Krim, Kuban, Demjansk, and unofficial shields of the Wehrmacht Wehrmacht-Awards Wehrmacht …