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.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
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Himmler
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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):
Sepp Dietrich
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| 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/ |
Here is a post on an Axis History blog that has the names of 16 women who received the order.
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