Honour Chevron for the Old Guard
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| Honour Chevron for the Old Guard Ehrenwinkel der Alten Kämpfer | |
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| Awarded for | Joining any party organisation before 30 January 1933 |
| Country |  German Reich |
| Presented by |  NSDAP |
| Eligibility | Members of theSchutzstaffel |
| Status | Obsolete |
| Established | February 1934 |
 1941 photo: showing the Honour Chevron for the Old Guard on the sleeve of the SS uniforms of(from middle to right)Reinhard Heydrich,Heinrich HimmlerandKarl Wolff[1](extreme right). | |
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| Equivalent | SS Chevron for Former Police and Military |
TheHonour Chevron for the Old Guard(German:Ehrenwinkel derAlten Kämpfer) was aNazi Partydecoration worn by members of theSS.The silverchevron,which was worn on the upper sleeve on the right arm, was authorised byAdolf Hitlerin February 1934. All members of the SS who had joined theAllgemeine SS,the NSDAP, or any other party organisation prior to 30 January 1933, were entitled to wear the insignia.[2]
After theAnschlussinAustria,the Nazi Party authorized that the award could be worn by all Austrians who had joined the AustrianNational Socialist Workers' Party (DNSAP)prior to 18 February 1938. Qualification was later extended to include any SS personnel who were former members of theNazi Security services,theOrdnungspolizei(order police) and theWehrmacht,if they fulfilled certain conditions.[2]
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References[edit]
- ^Miller, Michael (2015).Leaders of the SS and German Police, Vol. 2.R. James Bender Publishing. pp. 147, 269.ISBN978-1-932970-25-8.
- ^abHannon, Paul and Robin Lumsden (1993).The Allgemeine-SS.Osprey Publishing. p. 22.ISBN1-85532-358-3.