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 DecorationArgonne CrossArtillery Cross (1st and 2nd Class)Baden Field DecorationBavarian War Commemorative CrossBrunswick Field DecorationChampagne CrossColonial War Veterans BadgeDanzig ShieldEastern Front CrossFederal Decoration (1st and 2nd Class)Flanders Naval Corps Commemorative CrossFrankfurt MedalGeorge Award (Cross & Medal)German Field Honor CrossGerman Front Soldier's BadgeGerman World War Commemorative MedalGolden War Cross of Honor (with and without swords)Hanover War Commemorative MedalKeller CrossKyffhauser War Commemorative Medal (with 97 possible campaign and service bars)Knight's Cross of the German Legion of HonorLangemarck CrossMackensen Honor Cross (1st and 2nd Class)Maltese CrossMunich Front CrossPrisoner-of-War Commemorative CrossPrussian Knight's Cross of Honor (1st and 2nd Class)Saxon Knight's Cross of Honor (1st and 2nd Class)Somme CrossVerdun CrossWar Cross of Honor (with and without swords)War Volunteers Commemorative CrossWorld War Commemorative Cross (issued by the League of German Railwaymen)Wurttemberg War Commemorative BadgeIn 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 BadgeAnnaberg CrossAwaloff Death's Head CrossBaltic CrossBergerhoff Commemorative BadgeBeuthen Cross of HonorBlack Guard Cross of LoyaltyBremen Commemorative MedalBug StarDanzig DecorationDiebitsch CrossErhardt Brigade DecorationGerman Knight's CrossGerman Legion Commemorative BadgeGerman Self Defense Division MedalGrodno DecorationGuard Cavalry DecorationHindenburg Merit MedalIron Division MedalIron Flotilla MedalIron RolandKreuzburg CrossKuhme BadgeKurland MedalLautenbacher Merit BadgeLowenfeld CrossLublinitz CrossLutzow CrossMay DecorationMunich MedalNorthern Military Hospital Battalion DecorationOberland Commemorative DecorationPitschener CrossSilesian Cross, Eagle, Medal, and ShieldSudetenland Volunteer Regiment DecorationTeutonic Shieldvon Aulock Commemorative Badgevon Epp Staff Company Commemorative Medalvon Heydebreck Merit Badgevon Oven Decorationvon Pfeffer Merit DecorationWeickhmann OrderWolf Battalion Merit BadgeFreikorps Service Awards
Medal for Good Horse Care
