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WW2 German Nazi RARE Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross medal badge in silver

WW2 German Nazi RARE Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross medal badge in silver

WW2 German Nazi RARE Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross medal badge in silver

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WW2 German Nazi RARE Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross medal badge in silver

The Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Stern zum Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) was the highest military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia and the German Empire. It was considered a senior decoration to the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross.
The Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to the most outstanding of generals who performed feats of leadership to the extreme benefit of the German state. It was awarded only twice, over a century apart, to Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher in 1813 and to Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg in 1918. Von Blücher's award was referred to as the Blücherstern while Hindenburg's was known as the Hindenburgstern.
During the reign of Nazi Germany, it was intended to present the Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross as an award to the most successful German General of the Second World War, once Germany had achieved victory. As Germany was defeated in 1945, the decoration was never bestowed under Nazi authority and has not been awarded since.
At least one medal was manufactured, but it was never presented. The only known example was found discovered in Austria by U.S. intelligence officers at the end of WWII, and was eventually added to the West Point military collection.

THIRD REICH RLB Reichsluftschutzbund RARE TUNIC CLOTH PATCH AIR RAID CIVIL DEFENSE

THIRD REICH RLB Reichsluftschutzbund RARE TUNIC CLOTH PATCH AIR RAID CIVIL DEFENSE MILITAIRE A VENDRE

THIRD REICH RLB Reichsluftschutzbund RARE TUNIC CLOTH PATCH AIR RAID CIVIL DEFENSE

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THIRD REICH RLB Reichsluftschutzbund RARE TUNIC CLOTH PATCH AIR RAID CIVIL DEFENSE

The Reichsluftschutzbund (RLB) (National Air Raid Protection League) was an organization in Nazi Germany in charge of air raid precautions in residential areas and among smaller businesses.

The RLB was organized by Hermann Göring in 1933 as a voluntary association. Existing volunteer air raid precaution associations were forced to merge with RLB. In 1939 the RLB became a Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization), while in 1944 it became an affiliated organization of the Nazi Party. RLB was dissolved by the Allied Powers after the end of World War II. Its successor in the Federal Republic of Germany was the Bundesverband für den Selbstschutz.

The RLB was in charge of educating and training ordinary German men and women in civil defence procedures necessary for the basic level of local self-help of the civil population against air raids. The local level was formed around air raid wardens and operated in small first intervention squads. The training include fire fighting, protection against chemical weapons, communication procedures and preparation of houses and apartments against air raids.

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