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Can anyone tell me What WW2 german medal this is?
hi, i have this WW2 German SS medal thats been handed down, and i cant seem to find the translation or a picture of it anywhere.
its about 2 1/2 inches in diameter,
the backing of it is a screw
its plated on a gold "sun shape" cirlce
plated ontop of the sun is a yellow background with the blue SS symbol placed in the middle with oak leaves underneath the SS.
if someone can help me at all with this description that would be fantastic! it racking my brain that i cant find a picture let alone description anywhere on the internet
as for the first guy who answered the question, im trying to do research.
im asking questions about it to find out more about what it is, if i knew what it was i wouldnt be on here now would i?
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6 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Off hand it almost sounds like either an SS Efficiency Badge or one of the long term service awards, but it's difficult without seeing a picture. Anyway you could post it or e-mail it to me?
If not, do the oak leaves go all around the medal or is it only on the bottom? The sun shaped circle, is it smooth or are there "rays" coming from the center outwards?
Regardless, sounds like a pretty interesting historical piece!
Source(s): Military Historian - 5 years ago
No. Post WW2 US awards have zero design commonality with German awards. There's no "wound badge", "close combat badge", and "armor destruction badge" in the US awards library. I'm less positive about Soviet awards, but I've never seeen anything there either that one could attribute to a WW2 German design. The Germans basically had: Specialty badges Achievement badges-NOT "awards" as the term is used in the US military, e.g. those named above Service ribbons/cuff sleeves. Then gallantry awards, i.e., the various levels of the Eisen Kreuz/Ritter Kreuz. These have no equivalent to post-war medals either.
- 1 decade ago
recommend checking with a local military history museum if available. I've tried doing similar research from pics posted on here asking similar questions and it's nearly impossible.
Or you can try a site like this http://www.thirdreich.ca/ and send them a pic to see if they can ID it
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Your description makes it sound more soviet then nazi german..
- Anonymous1 decade ago
it is the face fart medal. awarded for farting in the faces of 30 or more jews.
