Awards of the German Freikorps were unofficial military awards displayed by various veteran organizations in Germany during the immediate aftermath of World War I. Upon the assumption of the Nazi Party to power in 1933, nearly all Freikorps awards were prohibited for wear on Party, State, and Military uniforms. Two notable exceptions were the Baltic Cross and Silesian Eagle. All other Freikorps awards were declared obsolete with World War I service thereafter recognized by a single award, known as the Honor Cross.
Freikorps awards may be divided into two categories: veteran decorations recognized by the German government as well as paramilitary awards issued under the authority of local Freikorps commanders.
Veteran Awards
Anhalt Field Decoration
Argonne Cross
Artillery Cross (1st and 2nd Class)
Baden Field Decoration
Bavarian War Commemorative Cross
Brunswick Field Decoration
Champagne Cross
Colonial War Veterans Badge
Danzig Shield
Eastern Front Cross
Federal Decoration (1st and 2nd Class)
Flanders Naval Corps Commemorative Cross
Frankfurt Medal
George Award (Cross & Medal)
German Field Honor Cross
German Front Soldier's Badge
German World War Commemorative Medal
Golden War Cross of Honor (with and without swords)
Hanover War Commemorative Medal
Keller Cross
Kyffhauser War Commemorative Medal (with 97 possible campaign and service bars)
Knight's Cross of the German Legion of Honor
Langemarck Cross
Mackensen Honor Cross (1st and 2nd Class)
Maltese Cross
Munich Front Cross
Prisoner-of-War Commemorative Cross
Prussian Knight's Cross of Honor (1st and 2nd Class)
Saxon Knight's Cross of Honor (1st and 2nd Class)
Somme Cross
Verdun Cross
War Cross of Honor (with and without swords)
War Volunteers Commemorative Cross
World War Commemorative Cross (issued by the League of German Railwaymen)
Wurttemberg War Commemorative Badge
In addition to the awards listed above, there existed hundreds of additional veteran badges, pins, and other pseudo-decorations issued on behalf of individual regiments and battalions. The vast majority of these were considered unofficial commemorative medals and worn only at specific veteran events or reunions. Another common practice of many regiments was to issue "regimental diplomas" which certified that a veteran had performed combat service in a regiment during the First World War. The most famous of these types of certificates was the Regimental Diploma List which was presented to Adolf Hitler for his own World War I military service.
The following awards were issued by local Freikorps commands, and usually were only worn and displayed while serving as a member of the issuing command.
Freikorps awards
Alten Loyalty Badge
Annaberg Cross
Awaloff Death's Head Cross
Baltic Cross
Bergerhoff Commemorative Badge
Beuthen Cross of Honor
Black Guard Cross of Loyalty
Bremen Commemorative Medal
Bug Star
Danzig Decoration
Diebitsch Cross
Erhardt Brigade Decoration
German Knight's Cross
German Legion Commemorative Badge
German Self Defense Division Medal
Grodno Decoration
Guard Cavalry Decoration
Hindenburg Merit Medal
Iron Division Medal
Iron Flotilla Medal
Iron Roland
Kreuzburg Cross
Kuhme Badge
Kurland Medal
Lautenbacher Merit Badge
Lowenfeld Cross
Lublinitz Cross
Lutzow Cross
May Decoration
Munich Medal
Northern Military Hospital Battalion Decoration
Oberland Commemorative Decoration
Pitschener Cross
Silesian Cross, Eagle, Medal, and Shield
Sudetenland Volunteer Regiment Decoration
Teutonic Shield
von Aulock Commemorative Badge
von Epp Staff Company Commemorative Medal
von Heydebreck Merit Badge
von Oven Decoration
von Pfeffer Merit Decoration
Weickhmann Order
Wolf Battalion Merit Badge
Freikorps Service Awards
Medal for Good Horse Care
