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.