Golden HJ Honour Badge with Oak leaves. (known recipients)

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Garry,

I think we got another one:

HJ-Gebietsführer Willi Lohel.

Regards,
Igor

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Hello,

a few additions:

Obergebietsführer Heinz-Hugo John, Date unknown
Gauleiter Karl Kaufmann, in April 1938
Gauleiter Martin Mutschmann, on 21.5.1938
Karl Straube (Leipziger Thomaskantor), in Dezember 1942/January 1943
Oberst Otto Remer, "On the occasion of a visit to the Wachbataillon Großdeutschland, Schirach presented Rehmer the Golden Badge of Honour on 20 July 1944" The date of the award on August 3rd is incorrect.


Best regards, Pele
 
I don't think so. Schirach presented the award in early August because of Remer's part on July 20.
At least that is what the Bonner Generalanzeiger says, and it also seems logical that it didn't happen on that same day. Moreover, Remer's promotion to Oberst/colonel was only announced on 3 August, and here he is already referred to as such a rank. (Src: ULB Bonn (56/1944, 04.08., p2/Digitalisat/digital copy)

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OiiO said:
Oberst Otto Remer, "On the occasion of a visit to the Wachbataillon Großdeutschland, Schirach presented Rehmer the Golden Badge of Honour on 20 July 1944" The date of the award on August 3rd is incorrect.
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Well, I do have a footnote after the entry in the list ;)

Remer, Otto Ernst. Oberst and commander of Wachbattalion Großdeutschland. Badge awarded 3.8.194415

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Thanks for the other additions. Do you have a source for each awardee so that I can add the correct footnotes? I'll try to find them myself in the meantime but I would be grateful for the information if you have it.

Edit: I found period references for Heinz Hugo-John, Mutschmann and Kaufmann but haven't found anything yet for Karl Straube.
 

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Hello,

Thanks for the criticism of Remer. I misinterpreted the ambiguity of the German language.
The date July 20th refers to the act and not the awarding of the badge!
You are clearly right about 3.8. Or not entirely?
I have the newspaper article shown from around 50 different daily newspapers.
And around a third of the newspaper articles were published under FührerHQ, August 2nd, and almost two thirds under FührerHQ, August 3rd, and a few later.
Therefore, inference could also be the 2.8. come into question, well anyway, thanks Jack and Garry for the tip.

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Karl Straube will be added after my vacation

Best regards, Pele
 

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Hi Pele,

It's only a one day difference so we're close enough. The important thing is that we know he got one of these badges. Knowing when he got it is a nice bonus :thumb:

Have a great holiday!
 
True, there is a slight uncertainty about the exact date. Nowadays, this could also be explained by different news agencies as sources. That is out of the question here (DNB, Deutsches Nachrichtenbüro, there was nothing else). But what certainly existed back then, as it does today, are different printing times and therefore different editorial deadlines. One newspaper may have published it the day before, another not until the next day. Those based in Berlin certainly had certain advantages.

It is therefore safer to speak of the beginning of August. But I agree Garry, the fact of the awarding as such is the important thing.
 
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