Hi, I'm trying to find out what the guidlines and rules were for wearing German Army medals was during the Third Reich, which is proving harder than expected. I've used the search function on this and a few other forums, but can't seem to find any information. I'm specifically trying to find out which awards were deemed to be senior to other when mounted on a medal bar as well as those worn on the tunic pocket.
On a medal bar obviously the Iron Cross 2nd class would take pride of place on the left as you look at it, while long service and occupation medals would be on the right.
As for the awards on the tunic pocket, again the Iron Cross !st class would be seen as more important, so would be higher and central on the pocket. But when it comes to other awards like wound badges, infantry assault badges and DRL sport badges, all very common awards, which were deemed to be more senior and where would they be positioned on the pocket as the pocket began to display more awards as the war went on?
Are there any guidelines or rules of medal wear that lay this out, as surely soldiers didn't just pin them on wherever they liked.
Cheers,
Karl
