Roll of Honour Clasp - Luftwaffe.

Instituted on. 5 July 1944

Numbers awarded were; 30,000
Rarity – Rare
Known Makers. C.J.Juncker, Klien

 

Roll of Honour Clasp - Luftwaffe - Obverse.

Roll of Honour Clasp - Luftwaffe - Reverse.

Roll of Honour Clasp - Luftwaffe - Obverse .

Roll of Honour Clasp - Luftwaffe - Reverse .

The first recorded instance of this Clasp being awarded was 5 August 1944.  Göring, in his inimitable way, did not want to be outdone by the other two services and belatedly introduced the 'Honour Roll of the German Air Force' in 1944.  Like the Army and Navy the badge was a gilt metal wreath of oak leaves which, in this case, had a rough appearance taking the outline of the oak leaves as the border, thus the inner and outer edges of the oak leaf wreath gave a ragged appearance.  There are six bunches of three leaves on either side, meeting tip to tip at the apex and, at the base, are two acorns protruding upwards into the central portion of the badge.  The wreath measures 24.5 mm and the width of the leaves is 3.5 mm.  In the centre is a flying Luftwaffe eagle, clutching a swastika in its talons.  The reverse is the negative of the obverse, being stamped, with four lugs for attachment to the Iron Cross Second Class ribbon.  It was worn in the same manner and with the same provisions as the other two clasps.  However, all members of the Luftwaffe who had been awarded the goblet or salver of honour, as well as those who had received the picture of the Reichsmarschall in silver frame, automatically received the clasp.  It is possible that over 30,000 Clasps were rendered during the period of the war, this number making it quite a common award.

It was presented in a black oblong box, with an off-blue flocked base and lid liner.

 

 

Roll of Honour Clasp - Luftwaffe - Obverse- Cased.

 

 

Roll of Honour Clasp - Luftwaffe - Outer card case.

 

The Pilot wears the Roll of Honour Clasp - Luftwaffe , Flying Clasp with numbered Pendant, Iron Cross 1st Class, Pilots Badge and Wound Badge.

 

Roll of Honour Clasp - Navy

Instituted on 13 May 1944

Rarity – Extremely rare

Known Makers - Capital 'K' in a circle

Roll of Honour Clasp - Navy - Obverse.

Roll of Honour Clasp - Navy - Reverse.

On 13 May 1944 Grandadmiral Dönitz instituted the naval version of the Honour Clasp to recognise those members of the navy who had been entered on, 'The Honour Roll of the German Navy', which had been opened in February 1943.

The badge is produced from a single stamping but the gilt wreath is slightly larger, measuring 26 mm across.  The oak leaves comprising the gilded wreath are continuous and are made up of fifteen individual bunches of irregular design, measuring 3.5 mm across.  The central motif is an anchor surmounted by a swastika.  In this case, the swastika is mobile and also has the fine recessed line running round the edges of the legs.   The field beneath the base of the anchor and the wreath should not normally be voided.  The reverse takes the negative design of the obverse, being stamped.  It has four fine prongs to attach it to the Iron Cross Second Class ribbon. 

The recipient had already to be in the possession of the Iron Cross First and Second Class.  The clasp was worn on the ribbon of the Iron Cross Second Class at the second buttonhole of the uniform.  If the recipient already held an Iron Cross Second Class bar, he only wore the Roll of Honour Clasp. It has been recorded that there were 37 recipients making it an extremely rare award. However many more were manufactured. This type of honour clasp is the hardest of the three clasps to obtain for one's collection.

It was contained in a small, black, oblong box, with cream flocked base on which the badge sat, with the ends of the Iron Cross ribbon being tucked underneath the bed that produced the base.  On some examples of the bed, the maker's mark for Richard Klein is encountered embossed into the corner.  This comprises of a capital 'K' in a circle with three inverted chevrons in a further circle beside the first.  The lid lining was of white silk.

Roll of Honour Clasp - Navy - Citation.

 

Roll of Honour Clasp – Navy -  Recipients

NAME	FORENAME	RANK	DATE
Bitterer	Wilhelm	Oberleutnant (W)	11.01.1945
Cordsmeier	Paul	Oberleutnant ( V.)	09.10.1944
Eggers	August	Kapitänleutnant	18.11.1944
Geschke	Waldemar	Leutnant (Ing.)	31.01.1945
Glaubrecht	Heinz	Matrose	08.08.1944
Graf	Kurt	Matrosenobergefreiter	18.11.1944
Guski	Gregor	Maschinenmaat	08.08.1944
Hansen	Karl - Heinz	Leutnant zur See	08.08.1944
Kayser	Günter	Kapitänleutnant d.R.	10.10.1943
Kirchhoff	Joost	Leutnant z.S.	11.01.1945
Knauth	Karl - Heinz	Oberleutnant z.S.	08.11.1943
Konejung	Günter	Oblt. (MA) d.R.	17.10.1944
Kruse	Richard	Bootsmannsmaat d.R.	08.11.1943
Lerch	Kurt	Sonderführer (Kptlt.)	08.11.1943
Moors	Albert	Leutnant (Ing.)	31.01.1945
Müller	Heinz	Oberleutnant z.S. d.R.	10.01.1945
Nordt	Otto	Kapitänleutnant	08.11.1943
Offermanns	Franz	Kapitänleutnant	11.01.1945
Pambuch	Alois	Oberbootsmannsmaat	18.11.1944
Paulssen	Ottokar	Korvettenkapitän	09.10.1944
Pettke	Karl-Heinz	Oberfähnrich z.S.	08.08.1944
Preuschoff	Ehrhard	Obersteuermann	08.08.1944
Rademaker	Hans	Oblt.(MA) D.r.	31.12.1943
Rössger	Ruprecht	Kapitänleutnant	18.11.1944
Roth	Paul	Matrose	08.08.1944
Rübel	Gustave	Korvettenkapitän.d.R.	08.11.1943
Schiebel	Heinrich	Oberfeldwebel	08.08.1944
Schröger	Ernst	Steuermannsmaat	08.08.1944
Schütz	Ulrich	Oberleutnant z.S. d.R.	11.01.1945
Schwarz	Paul	Oberleutnant (Ing)	28.06.1943
Wegener	Günther	Oberleutnant z.S.	09.10.1944
Weilkes	Friedrich	Oberwaffenwart (Spr)	11.01.1945
Weiss	Günther	Bootsmannsmaat	08.11.1943
Wilhelm	Herbert	Obermech. Maat (Spr)	11.01.1945
Winzer	Karl Konrad	Oberleutnant z.S.	08.08.1944
Wolf	Alfred	Sonderführer (Obersteuermann)	11.01.1945
Wolf	Emil	Oberleutnant z.S.d .R.	06.09.1944

Roll of Honour Clasp – Navy - Fake.

Roll of Honour Clasp - Navy - Obverse - Fake.

Roll of Honour Clasp - Navy - Reverse - Fake.

Roll of Honour Clasp - Army

Roll of Honour Clasp - Army.

Instituted on. 30 January 1944.

Rarity – Very Rare.

Known Makers. - Capital 'K' in a circle.

 

Roll of Honour Clasp - Army - flat pin - Obverse.

 

 

Roll of Honour Clasp - Army - flat pin - Revers.

 

 

 

 

Roll of Honour Clasp - Army - round pin - Obverse.

 

 

Roll of Honour Clasp - Army - round pin - Reverse.

 

 

Roll of Honour Clasp - Army - Solid swastika version - Obverse.

 

 

Roll of Honour Clasp - Army - Solid swastika version - Reverse.

 

On 30 January 1944 Hitler instigated this clasp to reward members of the army and Waffen-SS who had been entered on the 'Honour Roll of the German Army'.  This roll had been started in July 1941 to record the honourable and heroic deeds carried out by its members.  No tangible evidence of an entry on the roll existed.  This badge filled the purpose of being an outward show of inclusion on the honour roll.  It comprises of a finely gilded and stamped wreath of oak leaves, with a ribbon and tie at its base and a large square swastika in its centre.  The badge is finely executed and gives a definite three-dimensional appearance.  The wreath measures 24.5 mm across and is formed of five bunches of oak leaves on either side, comprising of two and three bunches respectively.  The width of the wreath is 5 mm at the widest point and this tapers to the apex where the two sides meet with a single oak leaf, tip to tip.  At the base, the bow is full and forms the base of the badge itself with a width of 21 mm.  The height of the badge from the base of the ties to the tip of the apex is 26 mm.  The swastika is of the non mobile type and stands proud of the top of the wreath.  The legs of the swastika have a fine indented line running round the whole of the emblem.  The swastika itself produces two forms of this badge and they are namely the one in which the swastika is separately attached to the wreath by the tips of its forearms and then soldered, while the other form is die struck as a one piece striking.  Both pieces look superficially identical but can be differentiated by the void between the swastika and the wreath at the attachment points.    The reverse takes the outline exactly in negative of the obverse, being stamped in the latter form while the swastika is flat in the former.  It has four pins for attachment on the reverse, to enable it to be secured to a piece of Iron Cross ribbon, Second Class.  Approximately 4,556 awards of this clasp were rendered at the end of hostilities, making it a considerably rare award. 

The recipient had already to be in the possession of the Iron Cross First and Second Class.  The clasp was worn on the ribbon of the Iron Cross Second Class at the second buttonhole of the uniform.  If the recipient already held an Iron Cross Second Class bar, he only wore the Roll of Honour Clasp.

From the collector's point of view, the smallness of its size and the way that it was attached to the tunic, has made this a very difficult award to obtain. 

It was contained in a small, black, oblong box, with cream flocked base on which the badge sat, with the ends of the Iron Cross ribbon being tucked underneath the bed that produced the base.  On some examples of the bed, the maker's mark for Richard Klein is encountered embossed into the corner.  This comprises of a capital 'K' in a circle with three inverted chevrons in a further circle beside the first.  The lid lining was of white silk.

Meitzel  Helmut – Major.

24 April 1920 – 9 July 2004

He was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. The German Cross in Gold, The Roll of Honour Clasp – Army. He was also awarded the very rare Close Combat Clasp in Gold one of only 631 awards. The Infantry Assault Badge in Silver.

Schonsky Horst - Honour Roll Clasp - Army - Entry .

Schonsky Horst  

Roll of Honour Clasp - Army - with Citation. Leutnant Edwin Hofmann. Art. Reg. 171.

Roll of Honour Clasp - Army - Fake.

 

Roll of Honour Clasp - Army - 1957 

 

 

 

Roll of Honour Clasp - Army - 1957 Obverse.

 



 

Roll of Honour Clasp - Army - 1957 Reverse.

 

Waffen - SS Recipients:

Alexy	Matthias	SS-Untersturmführer		27 October1944
Alves	Erich	SS-Sturmmann		8 January 1942
Armberger	Josef	SS-Obersturmführer		17 June 1944
Augsberger	Franz	SS-Brigadeführer		1945
Bachtler	Sepp	SS-Obersturmführer		27September 1943
Bartsch	Kurt	SS-Hauptsturmführer		17 January 1945
Becker	Helmuth	SS-Oberscharführer		25 May 1944
Bernau	Hans-Guenther	SS-Hauptsturmführer		1 May1945
Berzins	Janis	SS-Obersturmführer		5 March1945
Bitus	Augusts	SS-Untersturmführer		5 March1945
Bohnke	Georg	SS-Scharführer		17 March1943
Boska	Karl-Heinz	SS-Hauptsturmführer		18 April 1943
Bracht	Kurt	SS-Hauptsturmführer		8 April 1943
Braun	Willy	SS-Obersturmführer		15 Febuary1945
Brock	Kurt	SS-Obersturmführer		5 January 944
Bucher	Maximilian	SS-Hauptsturmführer		15August 1944
Buehler	Karl-Heinz	SS-Obersturmbannführer		17 Febuary1944
Burkhardt	Karl	SS-Hauptsturmführer		1945
Buschner	Michael	SS-Sturmmann		28 August 1941
Colemonts	George	SS-Rottenführer		25 May 1944
Dallmann	Werner	SS-Obersturmführer		17January 1945
Degen	Guenther	SS-Hauptsturmführer		25 October 1944
Ditzenbach	Rudolf	SS-Hauptsturmführer		5 December1944
Dost	Herbert	SS-Hauptsturmführer		1945
Duerr	Willy	SS-Obersturmführer		7 December1944
Dyenis	Janis	SS-Oberscharführer		5 Febuary1945
Eberwein	Eugen	SS-Sturmbannführer		5 December1944
Eckert	Fritz	SS-Sturmbannführer		25 December 1944
Ehlert	Arthur	SS-Unterscharführer		6 November1942
Ehm	Hans	SS-Unterscharführer		6 November1941
Ericksen	Georg	SS-Obersturmführer		1945
Etthoefer	Alois	SS-Sturmbannführer		8 Febuary1942
Ewald	Karl	SS-Hauptsturmführer		7 January 1945
Fechner	Heinz	SS-Untersturmführer		26 Febuary1943
Fischer	Alfred	SS-Sturmbannführer		5 March 1945
Fitzner	Hermann	SS-Oberscharführer		5 March1945
Flohr	Wilhelm	SS-Hauptsturmführer		15 November 1943
Foelkersam	Adrian von	SS-Sturmbannführer		5 Febuary 1945
Foerster	Karl	SS-Unterscharfuhrer		28 August 1941
Frank	Robert	SS-Sturmbannführer		15 June 1944
Froeschle	Walter	SS-Unterscharführer		5 March1945
Garber	Erich	SS-Untersturmführer		25 March 1945
Gartner	Friedrich	SS-Hauptsturmführer		25 November 1944
Genz	Herbert	SS-Unterscharführer		7 December1944
Glimm	Ottomar	SS-Obersturmführer		5 October1943
Goedeker	Hans	SS-Hauptsturmführer		17 April1944
Grohmann	Franz	SS-Sturmbannführer		date unknown
Grohmann	Franz	SS-Hauptsturmführer		1945
Gustmann	Wolfgang	SS-Unterscharführer		17 November 1943
Harbich	Adolf	SS-Unterscharführer		4 May 1942
Hasselmann	Willi	SS-Obersturmführer		7 June 1943
Hasswinkel	Hermann	SS-Hauptsturmführer		5 March1945
Hayners	Vilis	SS-Sturmbannführer		15 August 1944
Hein	Willi	SS-Hauptsturmführer		7 November1943
Heinzmann	Leonhard	SS-Untersturmführer		17 Febuary 1944
Henschel	Boris	SS-Obersturmführer		25 December 1944
Heuer	Werner	SS-Obersturmführer		17 December 1944
Hoffmann	Bernhard	SS-Oberscharführer		17 November 1944
Huettner	Walter	SS-Obersturmführer		25 July1944
Hummelberger	Hans	SS-Untersturmführer		27 June1944
Hund	Willi	SS-Obersturmführer		17 December 1944
Hundrieser	Werner	SS-Oberscharführer		1945
Jahnke	Werner	SS-Oberscharführer		17 October1944
Jakobi	Alois	SS-Oberscharführer		15 Febuary 1945
Jonstrop	Alfred	SS-Unterscharführer		25 December 1944
Kaiser	Wilhelm	SS-Unterscharführer		25 December 1944
Kamper	Hubert	SS-Untersturmführer		5 Febuary1945
Klaiber	Josef	SS-Rottenführer		28 August1941
Klein	Otto	SS-Obesturmführer		27 April1944
Kling	Hermann	SS-Hauptsturmführer		15 March1945
Kloskowski	Karl	SS-Obersturmführer		5 November 1943
Koester	Klaus	SS-Obersscharfuhrer		27July 1944
Konoenen	Kallero	SS-Rottenführer		27 August1943
Koslowski	Kurt	SS-Sturmmann		28 November 1941
Kostiba	Alfred	SS-Sturmmann		4 May1942
Kruse	Martin	SS-Hauptsturmführer		17 January 1945
Kruse	Ulrich	SS-Untersturmführer		7 November1943
Kueffner	Gottfried	SS-Hauptsturmführer		25August 1944
Laexy	Mathias	SS-Obersturmführer		27 October 1944
Lahr	Guenther	SS-Obersturmführer		15 Febuary1945
Lang	Franz	SS-Sturmbannführer		25 December 1944
Lassmann	Fritz	SS-Scharführer		5 October1942
Laumanis	Ernests	SS-Hauptsturmführer		5 March1945
Leithner	Felix	SS-Obersturmführer		5 March1945
Leitle	Ludwig	SS-Oberscharführer		17 October1944
Lobmeyer	Jakob	SS-Hauptsturmführer		1945
Lorenz	Karl-Heinz	SS-Hauptsturmführer		September19 1943
Lorenz	Heinrich	SS-Unterscharführer		17 September 1943
Lottermoser	Gustav	SS-Oberscharführer		17 September 1943
Maag	Fritz	SS-Untersturmführer		17 December 1943
Marx	Horst	SS-Oberscharführer		17 November 1944
Mennel	Hans	SS-Untersturmführer		17 July 1943
Muehleck	Karl	SS-Obersturmführer		15 August 1944
Muehlinghaus	August	SS-Obersturmführer		18 April1943
Mueller	Siegfried	SS-Obersturmbannführer		5 December1944
Mueller	Heinz	SS-Hauptsturmführer		5 December1944
Nielsen	Johann	SS-Untersturmführer		15 July1942
Niesen	Stefan	SS-Oberscharführer		1945
Obermeier	Josef	SS-Untersturmführer		7 November1943
Oldeboershries	Hermann	SS-Sturmmann		28 August 1941
Orf	Karl	SS-Obersturmführer		25 November 1944
Ostmann	Guenther	SS-Hauptsturmführer		26 Febuary1943
Oyols	Janis	SS-Hauptsturmführer		25 Febuary 1944
Parakenings	Horst-Willi	SS-Unterscharführer		5 Febuary 1945
Pauku	Hans	SS-Untersturmführer		25 March 1944
Pehrsson	Hans-Goesta	SS-Obersturmführer		25 December 1944
Perpect	Hans	SS-Hauptsturmführer		5 November1944
Petersen	Boy	SS-Untersturmfuhrer		27 January 1944
Petter	Herbert	SS-Oberscharführer		1945
Philipsen	Johannes	SS-Obersturmführer		15 August1944
Piterans	Wilhelms	SS-Untertsturmführer		15 Febuary1945
Pleiner	Franz	SS-Hauptsturmführer		15 March 1945
Poetschke	Werner	SS-Sturmbannführer		5 March 1945
Porsch	Elmo-Frithjof	SS-Untersturmführer		date unknown
Praudins	Gustavs	SS-Sturmbannführer		7 January 1945
Pyyhtias	Yrjor	SS-Schuetze		27August 1943
Rambusek	Anton	SS-Oberscharführer		18 April 1942
Rehberger	Peter-Heiner	SS-Obersturmführer		25 May 1942
Renger	Rudi	SS-Oberscharführer		25 July 1944
Riepe	Julius	SS-Obersturmbannführer		25 October1944
Roedeke	Ernst	SS-Sturmbannführer		7 January 1945
Ruut	Oskar	SS-Obersturmführer		15 Febuary 1945
Schaefer	Max	SS-Standartenführer		25 November 1944
Scheibler	Josef	SS-Untersturmführer		1945
Schmidt	Franz	SS-Hauptsturmführer		25 March 1944
Schneider	Bruno	SS-Unterscharführer		18 April 1942
Schramm	Erich	SS-Obersturmführer		17 November 1944
Schuhmann	Paul	SS-Hauptsturmführer		17 August1944
Schuster	Heinrich	SS-Sturmbannführer		5 December 1944
Schwenk	Willi	SS-Sturmmann		28August 1941
Schyma	Walter	SS-Schuetze		28August 1941
Seelinger	Erich	SS-Unterscharführer		7 March 1944
Selle	Siegfried	SS-Hauptsturmführer		5 Febuary 1945
Sidon	Fritz	SS-Obersturmführer		5 November 1944
Sievers	Franz	SS-Obersturmführer		25 Febuary 1945
Silberlistner	Karl	SS-Hauptsturmführer		15 December 1944
Skorzeny	Otto	SS-Standartenführer		5 Febuary1945
Soerensen	Per	SS-Sturmbannführer		17 December 1944
Steinberger	Franz	SS-Schuetze		4 May 1942
Strelow	Erich	SS-Oberscharführer		25 Febuary 1945
Styr	Josef	SS-Hauptsturmführer		date unknown
Synachowitz	Franz	SS-Oberscharführer		18 April 1942
Taeubl	Johann	SS-Oberscharführer		17 December 1944
Tensfeld	Heinz	SS-Obesturmführer		15 October 1943
Ternedde	Rudolf	SS-Sturmbannführer		17 December 1944
Thomalla	Franz	SS-Hauptsturmführer		7 January  1945
Timmer	Theodor	SS-Sturmmann		7 September1943
Trabandt	August-Wilhelm	SS-Brigadeführer		15 Febuary 1945
Trupp	Franz	SS-Unterscharführer		15 August 1944
Uebler	Karl	SS-Unterscharführer		25 Febuary 1945
Unger	Gerhard	SS-Sturmbannführer		1945
Velde	Johann	SS-Obersturmführer		17 December 1944
Vincx	Jan Pieter	SS-Untersturmführer		1945
Vobis	Alfred	SS-Hauptsturmführer		1945
Vogel	Erich	SS-Obersturmführer		5 December 1944
Wagner	Karl	SS-Hauptsturmführer		19 September 1943
Weissenbach	Ernst	SS-Obersturmführer		8 August 1941
Winter	Rudolf	SS-Untersturmführer		15 November 1943
Wissebach	Hans	SS-Untersturmführer		18 April1942
Wolff	Wilhelm Werner	SS-Obersturmführer		5 Febuary 1945
Zah	Franz	SS-Hauptsturmführer		1945
Zahel	Hugo	SS-Unterscharführer		5 December 1944
Zährl	Hugo	SS-Unterscharführer		5 December 1944
Zigmann	Willy	SS-Obersturmführer		1945