Awards of the German Freikorps were unofficial military awards displayed by various veteran organizations in Germany during the immediate aftermath of World War I. Upon the assumption of the Nazi Party to power in 1933, nearly all Freikorps awards were prohibited for wear on Party, State, and Military uniforms. Two notable exceptions were the Baltic Cross and Silesian Eagle. All other Freikorps awards were declared obsolete with World War I service thereafter recognized by a single award, known as the Honour Cross.
List of veteran awards
Freikorps awards may be divided into two categories: veteran decorations recognized by the German government as well as paramilitary awards issued under the authority of local Freikorps commanders.
Veteran awards
Anhalt Field Decoration
Argonne Cross
Artillery Cross (1st and 2nd Class)
Baden Field Decoration
Bavarian War Commemorative Cross
Brunswick Field Decoration
Champagne Cross
Colonial War Veterans Badge
Danzig Shield
Eastern Front Cross
Federal Decoration (1st and 2nd Class)
Flanders Naval Corps Commemorative Cross
Frankfurt Medal
George Award (Cross & Medal)
German Field Honour Cross
German Front Soldier's Badge
German World War Commemorative Medal
Golden War Cross of Honour (with and without swords)
Hanover War Commemorative Medal
Keller Cross
Kyffhauser War Commemorative Medal (with 97 possible campaign and service bars)
Knight's Cross of the German Legion of Honour
Langemarck Cross
Mackensen Honour Cross (1st and 2nd Class)
Maltese Cross
Munich Front Cross
Prisoner-of-War Commemorative Cross
Prussian Knight's Cross of Honour (1st and 2nd Class)
Saxon Knight's Cross of Honour (1st and 2nd Class)
Somme Cross
Verdun Cross
War Cross of Honour (with and without swords)
War Volunteers Commemorative Cross
World War Commemorative Cross (issued by the League of German Railwaymen)
In addition to the awards listed above, there existed hundreds of additional veteran badges, pins, and other pseudo-decorations issued on behalf of individual regiments and battalions. The vast majority of these were considered unofficial commemorative medals and worn only at specific veteran events or reunions. Another common practice of many regiments was to issue "regimental diplomas" which certified that a veteran had performed combat service in a regiment during the First World War. The most famous of these types of certificates was the Regimental Diploma List which was presented to Adolf Hitler for his own World War I military service.
Paramilitary decorations
The following awards were issued by local Freikorps commands, and usually were only worn and displayed while serving as a member of the issuing command.