Erich Priebke medals

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Erich Priebke medals

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Post by Panzergrenadier2967 » 23 Apr 2018, 19:34

What kind of awards had SS-Hauptsturmführer Erich Priebke?

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Post by coburg22 » 24 Apr 2018, 17:43

He only held the 1939 Wound Badge in Black and the SA-Sports Badge in Bronze. If you Google his name, you'll see images of him wearing these awards.


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Post by Michael Miller » 26 Apr 2018, 14:55

He had no occasion to ever receive a wound badge, as far as I know.

This picture appears to show both sports badges- SA-Sportabzeichen and Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen (both likely in bronze)- as well as the ribbon of the Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938. And of course the Ehrendegen des RFSS.
This is a relatively early photo. I think it likely he'd have later received one or both classes of the Kriegsverdienstkreuz mit Schwertern. Would have to see his SS file to be sure, though.
http://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Priebke indicates he received the Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, but provides no source for that information. It also gives him the gold version of the SA-Sportabzeichen, but again- nothing to back it up. Metapedia is not the most reliable source, given its political slant, but one occasionally finds some useful material there.

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Post by coburg22 » 26 Apr 2018, 16:48

Thanks for the correction Mike, I thought that was the Reich Sports Badge in Bronze, but it was so fuzzy, wasn't sure!

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