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German Awards - Weimar Republic "Freikorps


Orders and honorary signs of freikor are a popular and special area of ​ ​ collecting within the framework of phaleristics.
After World War I, so-called free corps formed from mostly dissatisfied and dismissed officers and front-line soldiers who could not imagine civilian life and wanted to continue to serve the defense of the Motherland. In the post-war revolutionary turmoil and in contrast to the soldiers' councils and revolutionaries, freikors at the beginning of the Weimar Republic were also available as the armed forces of the new government to maintain state order. However, most Free Corps treated this government rather detached or hostile. For example, the Ehrhardt Marine Brigade took an active part in the Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch of 1920.
The commanders of the Volunteer Corps also established numerous orders and badges of honor for their soldiers, which were supposed to show special achievements, participation in battles or belonging to the Volunteer Corps.
After the establishment of a regular military force, Freikorps' period of existence ended by 1923.

All orders and badges of honor of the Weimar Republic "Freikorps


Schlesisches Bewährungsabzeichen 1.Klasse
Silesian Badge 1st Class
Established:
June 16, 1919 General Command VI. Army Corps
Awarded:
1918 - 1921
OEK Number:
3299
Schlesisches Bewährungsabzeichen 1.Klasse emailliert
Silesian badge 1st class, enamelled
Established:
June 16, 1919 General Command VI. Army Corps
Awarded:
1918 - 1921
OEK Number:
3299 var.
Schlesisches Bewährungsabzeichen 1.Klasse mit Schraubscheibe
Silesian mark 1st class with screw washer
Established:
June 16, 1919 General Command VI. Army Corps
Awarded:
1918 - 1921
OEK Number:
3299/1
Schlesisches Bewährungsabzeichen 1.Klasse mit Lorbeerkranz
Silesian sign 1st class with a laurel wreath
Established:
June 16, 1919 General Command VI. Army Corps
June 1, 1921 Oak Leaf Foundation
Awarded:
1921
OEK Number:
3300
Schlesisches Bewährungsabzeichen 1.Klasse mit Schwertern emailliert
Silesian badge 1st class, enameled with swords
Established:
June 16, 1919 General Command VI. Army Corps
Awarded:
1918 - 1921
OEK Number:
3301
Schlesisches Bewährungsabzeichen 1.Klasse mit Schwertern und Kranz
Silesian badge 1st class with swords and wreath
Established:
June 16, 1919 General Command VI. Army Corps
June 1, 1921 Oak Leaf Foundation
Awarded:
1921
OEK Number:
3302
Schlesisches Bewährungsabzeichen 2.Klasse
Silesian Mark 2nd Class
Established:
June 16, 1919 General Command VI. Army Corps


Awarded:
1919 - 1920
OEK Number:
3303
Schlesisches Bewährungsabzeichen 2.Klasse mit Schwertern
Silesian badge 2nd class with swords
Established:
June 16, 1919 General Command VI. Army Corps
Awarded:
1919 - 1921
OEK Number:
3305
Baltenkreuz an Nadel
Baltic Cross on the Needle
Established:
1919 Baltic National Committee
Awarded:
1919 - 1921
OEK Number:
3306/1
Baltenkreuz an Schraubscheibe
Balt cross on screw washer
Established:
1919 Baltic National Committee
Awarded:
1919 - 1921
OEK Number:
3306/2