Blood Order
Called The Decoration of the November 9, 1923 called medal, also the Blood Order, Adolf Hitler founded on November 9, 1933 on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Hitler putsch of 1923 for the surviving participants at the same time with the Golden Party Badge of the NSDAP. The term " Blood Order " was later officially.
Official presentation requirements
The so-called blood Medal should be awarded as a personal decorations only to particularly deserving and loyal Party member of the Nazi Party who were politically active before the assumption of power on 30 January 1933 within the meaning of National Socialism. However, the receiver circuit has been greatly expanded in later years.
Actual ceremony practice and receiver circuit
In the Third Reich, the carrier of the medal were in commemoration of 9 November 1923 as " heroes of the movement", "old fighters". The receiver circuit can be roughly divided into four categories:
- Category 1: Originally the Blood Order was only for participants in the Beer Hall Putsch on November 9, 1923 in Munich provided when clearly it was clear that the carrier had been on the Nazi side. Direct participation was also assumed if the carrier was indeed set in motion, but did not attend for various reasons directly in the fighting. The number of these first round of medals carriers was about 1500. However, not all carriers of the category 1 at the time a party member. Rather, among 34 % of carriers of a volunteer corps. Only 50% of drivers were in 1923 actually been a member of the NSDAP. For example, it was banned at that time active soldiers, according to § 36 of the Military Law to attend political meetings or to become a member of a political club or party. However, the majority of the officers and cadets of the Central Infantry School of the Reichswehr in Munich, the German League of Struggle was close. He was on the initiative of Adolf Hitler and Erich Ludendorff on the German Day on 1 and 2 September 1923 in Nuremberg by the union of federal land with the federal government Reichskriegsflagge under the leadership of the SA. This helped the rebels on the evening of November 8, 1923, to arrest the school commander and win 20 Pedigree officers and 80 cadets present as " storm column Ludendorff " for the coup attempt. Later, the medal was also awarded to many participants of the Austrian coup in July of 1934. Finally, all former cadet of the vintage 1923/24, the Central Infantry School were still awarded with this medal.
- Category 2: had the " old fighters " who were Party members of the Nazi Party in 1932 before 1 January and passed their membership until the Verleihungstag continuously. A resting membership because of military service did not hurt. However, were Nazi conviction and " worthiness of character " required.
- Category 3: As of May 1938, the circle of the coin carrier has been extended by party members condemned the struggle of the Nazis to power in the state to death and were eventually commuted to life imprisonment. Finally, even party members have been awarded the medal, which had only serving a prison sentence of at least one year or had suffered a serious injury that was due to the political activity of Nazism.
- Category 4: In 436 cases, the award was presented posthumously. The last, which the medal was awarded later, on 4 June 1942 was Reinhard Heydrich.
If one of these conditions was met, could the award according to a " disposal of the deputy leader of the March 27, 1941 " are also awarded to women. However, only one awarded to a woman, namely to Eleonore Baur, called "Sister Pia ," known. The Blood Order was awarded only at the request of the applicant itself or the responsible party functionary. Ceremonies were published in the Official Gazette of the Reich leadership of the Nazi Party. A total of about 6,000 medals were awarded. The medals were numbered on the back and recorded their support in a matriculation.
The " Blood Order " is one of those Nazi decorations, in any form, is permitted to perform in Germany under the Law on titles, medals and decorations from 1957.