Start My Family Tree Welcome to Geni, home of the world's largest family tree.
Join Geni to explore your genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree.

SS Long Service Award

Project Tags

view all

Profiles

  • Hanns-Heinrich Lohmann (1911 - 1995)
  • Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (1893 - 1945)
    Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (22 June 1893 – 29 April 1945) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. Reaching the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer, he commanded the SS Division Totenkopf, SS Division ...
  • Karl Kreutz (1909 - 1997)
  • Rudolf Lehmann (1914 - 1983)
    Rudolf Lehmann (30 January 1914 – 17 September 1983) was a mid-ranking commander the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Followi...
  • Werner Ostendorff (1903 - 1945)
    Werner Ostendorff, (15 August 1903 – 1 May 1945) was an SS-Gruppenführer (Major General) and one of the youngest divisional commanders in the Waffen-SS.

SS Long Service Awards (German: SS-Dienstauszeichnungen) were given in grades of four years, eight years, twelve years, and twenty-five years. The four and eight-year service awards were in the form of circular medals while the 12 and 25-year service awards were in the form of swastikas. The SS service awards were designed in Munich by Professor Karl Diebitsch. The awards varied in design depending on the length of service of the recipient.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Long_Service_Award