WWII - German Badges Explained

[@PremierHistory]

What did you think of the German Badges of WWII? Did you know or recognise any of these badges? Welcome back! If you are new here make sure to hit subscribe to expand your knowledge on Military History and join the growing Premier History Community!

[@andrewmclaughlin6328]

I love all of them

[@hordesCoffee]

I have one. It is oval in shape has the Nazi Swastika on a helmet and SS right below it and 2 swords crisscrossing below the helmet. One of my uncles friends were in a group that were Pathfinders and he killed a Nazi officer. I'll give it to you, if you want it?

[@MaximilienLeblanc]

The infantry assault badge was also awarded to the ground Luftwaffe radio troops, the Luftwaffe ground troops were used to send radio communications about enemy positions on the ground so that the Luftwaffe could know were to bombard the enemy positions.

[@gerhard6105]

I have the radio operator badge. I sold the Minensuch Abzeichen. My mothers uncle was rewarded with the wounded badge in gold. His brother had the wounded batch in black and the infanterie sturmabzeichen in bronze for motorized infantery. I have these (his) medals now.

[@JugheadJones03]

Great work on this. Some of those Navy badges were so artistically impressive.

[@jim7544]

Great video. One exception: The wound badge - actually wounded badge - was issued in black , silver, and gold. There was no bronze.

[@johnhale764]

Excellent coverage of awards. Totally interesting subject. Not seen anything like this. Great, would like to know more 👏👍👍👍👍

[@ak9989]

I have 66 badges. Just got my first Auxiliary Cruiser badge. But yeah been collecting these since 1989 slowly, alongside 110 British Victorian campaign medals 😆. Everyone is in the huge books on these that I make sure of.

[@PremierHistory]

Wow AK that’s quite a collection!

[@notmenotme614]

Where do you get the badges from?

[@laervejenfrem2173]

⁠@@notmenotme614check helmut weitze

[@robertsansone1680]

I like the destroyer badge. It has great detail. Thanks for the interesting information.

[@ak9989]

I got 3

[@robertsansone1680]

@@ak9989 Cool. Send me one.

[@StratBurst92]

Even the late war zinc made badges had excellent detail.

[@MrHITACHI75]

I have that one along with a few others.

[@timcook7730]

I’ve been collecting German badges since 83 when I was stationed in the UK. I have most of these mentioned here. This is a pretty good video for a basic foundation on German badges. If you want to learn more about these badges, find the book “For Fuhrer and Fatherland” by John R. Angolia. Good book with a lot of information if you can find it. Good luck collector’s and know what you’re looking at before you buy. Do your homework. Great video. 👍🏻

[@leopardknowledge.1430]

As per usual great video premiere, keep up the great content quality.

[@PremierHistory]

Thanks Leo!

[@corystreat7605]

Very great video!!! Please do a series of these videos( for instance ) do one on high orders and do some on specific orders, like the Blue Max, Knights Cross, EAGLE Orders and etc. PLEASE and THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[@StratBurst92]

The Infantry Assault badge was also in a bronze version. My father was a Sgt. in a US Army Combat Engineer Battalion and was at the battle of the bulge. I have a silver panzer assault badge that he brought home and gave to me. With so many well made fakes out there now, I know this one is real.

[@t.jjohnson6317]

Great vid. Love the german badges.Wonder if you could do a vid. on makers and maker marks,,Thanks Again.

[@pauljamesbrown7252]

I enjoy all of your videos, if they were longer and a little more in-depth it would be great. Thanx, keep on keepin' on.

[@christophlima7982]

The Parachutist Badge of the Heer and Waffen SS was different from the version of the Luftwaffe. The oak leaves where in gold with a small Reichsadler plus swastika on top of it, the eagle in the middle was in silver and without a swastika.

[@wmbchristie]

I have many of these and this area is my favorite WW11 collection.

[@lrd.skurvy9534]

Great work m8! Found ur channel just now. New subscriber! 😀 really accurate information perfectly set out and described. Well done mate. 🤘 Hail th Diggers!

[@Evan-cv2ws]

How about decorations worn on the sleeve of the field blouse?

[@aldosigmann419]

I have to admit beautiful badges.

[@harikrishnanps8938]

Thank for the information

[@sammelplatzmilitaria]

Nice Video and greetings from Sammelplatz Militaria

[@PremierHistory]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Greetings to you too, thanks for the support

[@libertycowboy2495]

The lowest order of wound badge was black. The material may have been painted bronze but was call verwounden abzeichen im schwartz.

[@th.burggraf7814]

Excerpt of the regulations for awarding the close combat clasp: Close combat days to be counted are: a) All days of combat on which the fighters to be awarded had the opportunity to see "the white in the enemy’s eye”, i.e. to have fought hand-to-hand with the opponent with close-combat weapons up to the last decision.

[@TheYaq]

they look really cool

[@boombl443]

Finally a good Video about .

[@alwaysbored5164]

Very well done

[@PremierHistory]

Thanks Always Bored

[@LieutenantJason]

My wife’s grandfather has the 7/20/44 wound badge, he was a Wehrmacht signal officer, caught shrapnel just outside the meeting room as he was walking in with two others.

[@hamidchakir-w9e]

Oh no way bro very interesting Do u still have it ??

[@LieutenantJason]

@@hamidchakir-w9e truth be told the family is currently fighting over it, one grandchild wants to sell it along with several other awards and uniforms, one doesn’t (my wife) and it looks like the issue may go to to court, I’m tempted to just head over to the home (that both sides have access to) and take it. The sister is married to a gas and oil exec, one of the most influential in the EU, they’re filthy rich and just being greedy.

[@jacknakash2677]

Wow l would try to get the awards, uniforms and what not and hold on to them as you seem to appreciate the items more than others in your family

[@Jsmith2024]

This is very helpful. I'm going to share it on a German genealogical FB page. May I suggest for future such videos that you include the German language name with the English language? It might make it more useful for researchers. I'm not asking you to try to pronounce the German LOL. Thank you!

[@bigboyblue7181]

We did 6 jumps on our basic para and were awarded jump wings.

[@notmenotme614]

The Luftwaffe did well to have so many badges that were an eagle in a different stance or pose.

[@ak9989]

Oh I got 8 german helmets, 4 decal, 6 uniforms, two tropicals, 9 side caps. 11 visors and 4 paths. It's insanely now

[@chrissithlord4760]

Just got back from Georgia. They had a market where one vendor was selling these medals, he had some of these he got from an old gentleman. I bought a few of them.

[@pyeitme508]

Ok, wish for video about MREs soon

[@PremierHistory]

Delicious content there PYeitme!

[@simonyip5978]

Are there any production figures or numbers for each type of badge that were awarded?

[@lrd.skurvy9534]

Ha! Ur from Oz! 😀 COO-EE! Hope u get ots of more subs soonst m8. You deserve it. Keep up th bloody good work. Goodonya. HAIL th Diggers! 🤘

[@thane595]

Great video! Can someone here help me? My German grandmother received a cross after my German grandfather passed away during WWII. It is a silver thin cross made out of 3 flat nails, with double strands of iron wire holding it together in the center. The top of the cross nail has three markings- a horiontal raised bar and below that two small stamps almost like looking like opposing manuscript scrolls, and the horizontal nails have a series of dots on the top of them. The cross is about three inches top to bottom, and two inchest wide. ????

[@andrewgates8158]

For the wound badge. If you get multiple bullets in one assault do you get an upgrade from the basic badge?

[@tiagomonteiro130]

Yes the wound badge has different classes it depends on how many wounds you got for example the Black 3rd class is awarded for one or two wounds, Silver for 3 to 4 times and Gold for five or more times wounded

[@alansmith3327]

NO. They are awarded for separate wound,s. Or loss of limbs etc. You could receive the Silver for one wound if it resulted in the loss of a limb. Or the Gold for total disability.

[@thomaspatrickmichaelpaulca1092]

Thank you for this educational video. History cannot be underestimated. Thanks once again.

[@PremierHistory]

Thanks for the support Thomas!

[@ydkshelf5310]

At 2:57 I have that Badge but it does have the swastika is it a real one or a fake does anyone know what it could possibly be?

[@jeffodonnell9551]

bought a ww2 german pilots badge the guy who sold it to me found it in italy while metal detecting he had a few pieces that he had found pieces of planes tanks that had been destroyed in battle the pilots badge had much dirt and had been heavily encrusted it cleaned up really well but still has much dirt a great piece and didn't cost a lot i am going to a military fair in Brisbane Australia at the end of may. The man i bought the badge off showed photos of the badge wedged in the ground so i know it is definitely real it does have a little bit of corrode on the back of the badge the badge had been under the earth for a long time.

[@Nick_B_Bad]

Ah the Anti-Partisan badge, the wearer of that had to do some dirty work to get. That’s one of my dream items there to own just hard to find an authentic in a world of fakes.

[@andrewmclaughlin6328]

I love all of them

[@mardiffv.8775]

The sniper badges are very rare and hard to find, because the Soviets executed every German soldier who worn one.

[@theovansteijn1135]

You forgot the frontflugespange in gold mit Einzatszahl or star. The Panzerkampfabzeichen mit Einzatszahl 25 50 75 100 The tankdestruction badge .Not the best representation

[@frankmg4250]

Any artillery badge?

[@jacknakash2677]

Actually there were no awards for artillery troops per SE they would be awarded the "General Assault Badge" because artillery supported the infantry soldiers and their "waffemfarbe" is red both Wehrmacht & the SS

[@rickw1126]

Badgers getting very expensive nowadays.

[@monroekelly9064]

Interesting historical data. But the plethora of badges imo cheapens their prestige. They had a badge for everything and everyone. Made their uniforms look gaudy and clownish.

[@alansmith3327]

There you are Severely Mistaken. Many of these badges are now in the Hundreds or even Thousands of dollars range. And are VERY HEAVILY COPIED !

[@markgrehan3726]

I'm guessing the Anti-Partisan badge is super hard to find these days as it comes with a potential War crimes legacy.

[@ak9989]

It's around but so many fakes

[@shintokatana17]

Bro named at least one badge that was never awarded. Good luck trying to find a baloon observer badge lol

[@Dilley_G45]

No. Partisans were illegal combatants and often war criminals themselves. It depends on the individual's conduct.

[@markgrehan3726]

@@Dilley_G45 I guess so but you would have to have a death wish to show your anti partisan medal awarded to you during operations in say Poland during WW2.

[@falloutcosplay8802]

Recently I picked up a World War 2 German anti partisans badge spent a pretty Penny on it

[@jacknakash2677]

You probably got "burned" on it more fakes and repros than originals and originals are as rare as hens teeth, but hope it's genuine.......

[@falloutcosplay8802]

I work in a military museum I definitely did not get burnt it is a 110% Original and now its sitting upstairs in the museum I work at I have a original anti partisan's badge %11000 original

[@markskeels8132]

Badges we no need no stinking badges lol

[@simonyip5978]

I know that reference but it escapes my memory at the moment, can you remind me where the reference originally came from?

[@alansmith3327]

​@@simonyip5978Blazing Saddles film.

[@leiregyp5814]

german ww2 ranks in order?

[@PremierHistory]

Good idea for a subject Texan!

[@leiregyp5814]

@@PremierHistory thank you

[@John-ws5oh]

Wow, good video

[@ENDANGWIRYA-jf4bx]

Bendera y 🇩🇪

[@aka99]

The anti partisan badge was also awarded to Kriegsmarine soldiers

[@EnSayne987]

The slow narration was annoying, I set the video to 1.25 speed and it sounded like a normal speaking pace

[@envitech02]

Good advice!!

[@Killjoy97_]

Pokemon gym badges do come in mind

[@helpmehelp3009]

Did they have one for going to the toilet! However, it must have motivated the troups!

[@oddballsok]

Why the insane variety in tasks and bravery ? One marine badge for only having sailed x missions… the other for x missions AND attacking enemy ships and sinking them… sjeesh