Nazis, I hate those guys.

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. http://shrani.si/f/3O/qp/6SGbzw7/nsdap-024.jpg http://shrani.si/f/t/13C/Wcno8Yw/nsdap-022.jpg http://www.hermann-historica.de/auktion/images49_gr/41916.jpg 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://...

The holders of this badge were considered Major Offenders by the De-Nazification committee. Over 100,000 were awarded; the German Militaria Blog has a very detailed description here. from Third Reich Eagles

Christopher Ailsby has a wonderful blog entry on this badge with pictures and history here.

A work in progress detailing the German field marshals and their decorations, etc.   Newly promoted Generalfeldmarshalls 1940 20 April 1936 – Werner von Blomberg (1878–1946) 4 February 1938 – Hermann Göring (1893–1946) Göring was later promoted to the even-higher rank of Reichsmarshal and was the only German to have held this rank. He was further the only field marshal to have 2 batons, one for Field Marshal (blue) and the other for Reichsmarshal (Ivory). 19 July 1940 – Fedor von Bock (1880–1945) Snyder's treasures compares the original FM baton to a replica. 19 July 1940 – Walther von Brauchitsch (1881–1948) 19 July 1940 – Albert Kesselring (1885–1960) 19 July 1940 – Wilhelm Keitel (1882–1946) 19 July 1940 – Günther von Kluge (1882–1944) 19 July 1940 – Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876–1956) 19 July 1940 – Wilhelm List (1880–1971) 19 July 1940 – Erhard Milch (1892–1972) 19 July 1940 ...