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Blood Order

Blutorden

'Blood Order'



 commemorating the 9 November 1923 Munich Beer Hall Putsch

1500 recipients in first group, all numbered

In 1938 extended to others who were not in the Putsch but were deemed to have sacrificed for the party.

Last recipient was Heydrich posthumously

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Order

















German Militaria blog  has a nice article about autheniticating Blood Orders.



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http://www.hermann-historica.de/auktion/images49_gr/41916.jpg



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http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/orders-decorations-3-reich/146919d1286531946-blutorden-2nd-pattern-franz-schwede-coburg-pommern-b.jpg


Wikipedia has a list of 30 recipients but without numbers....I'm working on finding at least a partial list of numbered orders with names, pictures, etc.

Unnumbered Blood Orders belonged to Hitler and Goring




http://gyujtemeny.vatera.hu/militaria/fenykep/adolf_hitler_blutorden_ritka_viseles_1769545430.html  

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/hitler-goering-1934.jpg

 

 

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 Himmler

http://www.ww2shots.com/gallery/d/3652-3/Reichsfuehrer-SS+Heinrich+Himmler+looks+at+a+photograph+with+Chief+of+the+Order+Police_+Kurt+Daluege+at+SS+headquarters+in+H.jpg

 

Emil Maurice

SS member #2 after Hitler
Blood Order #5





Emil at his wedding wearing his Blutorden (from Axis History forum which has more pictures of him):

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Sepp Dietrich

Imagen
http://www.forosegundaguerra.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&p=111023
with Himmler
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http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/orders-decorations-3-reich/blutorden-2nd-pattern-24935-2/

 

Last recipient, posthumous, Reinhard Heydrich


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 Here is a post on an Axis History blog that has the names of 16 women who received the order.


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