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Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres

Since 1938 you could find a lot of different forms of Anerkennungs- or Erinnerungsurkunden (appriciation or commemorative documents) of many different German armies, corps, divisions, regiments and battalions, especially for good conduct and meritorious technical services in areas behind the lines or long boarder and guarding services.

This document for bravery was introduced as a new not wearable award September 6th, 1941 by Generalfeldmarschall Walter von Brauchitsch (1881-1948), then Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres or in English "supreme commander of the Army". The document was installed as "besondere Anerkennung für hervorragende Leistungen auf dem Schlachtfelde" or in English "particular appreciation for prominent achievements on the battlefield". It could be awarded to units or individual military for extraordinary bravery. The document was until December 1941 signed by von Brauchitsch and after that by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), when he took over the office as Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres. The document was at first made in A5 size and after Hitlers taking over command, it was designed in a new way and made in size A4.
The awarding was registered in the Wehrpaß/Soldbuch and personal file, and it could even be awarded posthumously.

Altogether some 1,267 soldiers of the army and 35 of the Waffen SS got this award. And ca. 20 units achieved this document.

Anerkennungsurkunde des OBdH für im Ehrenblatt Genannte.
This document is exactly the same as the "Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres" or in English "appreciation document of the supreme commander of the Army", but was given to persons, who in addition were mentioned in the Ehrenblatt des Deutschen Heeres. The difference is only to be seen by the award date, which is the same as that of the naming in the Ehrenblatt des Deutschen Heeres and thus since January 30th, 1944 also of the awarding of the Ehrenblatt-Spange.

Bidermann, Gottlob-Herbert* August 28th, 1920
† September 1st, 2010

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Haase, Alfred* September 9th, 1898
† February 24th, 2000

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Haccius, Ernst* December 10th, 1893
† March 11th, 1943

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Hafen, Heinz* April 18th, 1917

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Hagen, Graf von, Christoph (Schützen-Regiment 128)* July 24th, 1916
† August 25th, 1942
Plot: 7 Row: 13 Grave: 638

Hammerschmidt, Hilmar (Jäger-Ersatz-Regiment 1)* January 10th, 1898
† August 13th, 1949

Hammon, Erich* May 18th, 1910
† May 30th, 1945

Hanbauer, Heinrich 'Heinz' (Schützen-Regiment 86)* January 14th, 1917
† July 3rd, 1941

Harden, Alfred* May 30th, 1916
† March 19th, 1945

Hartmann, Walter (General der Artillerie)* July 23rd, 1891
† March 11th, 1977

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Haus, Rudolf* July 16th, 1912

Hauschildt, Werner* March 19th, 1911

Havlena, Gottlieb* June 1st, 1899

Heckelmann, Reinhold* May 27th, 1914
† December 22nd, 1999

Heger, Otto* December 28th, 1911
† August 29th, 2006

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Hegerl, Richard* January 13th, 1915

Heiden, von der, Adolf (Grenadier-Regiment 331)* February 14th, 1919
† July 23rd, 1943
Grave: UNK

Heider, Wilhelm (Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 33)* March 18th, 1917
† December 1st, 1944

Heimbächer, Jakob* March 21st, 1905

Hein, Willi (Waffen SS)* April 26th, 1917
† October 25th, 2000

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Heine, Werner (Grenadier-Regiment 499)* July 30th, 1914
† February 13th, 2002

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Heinlein, Walter (Panzerartillerie-Regiment 74)* September 21st, 1919
† May 4th, 2014

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Heldmann, Johann* February 6th, 1909
† December 9th, 1974

Henrici, Friedrich-Karl (Panzergrenadier-Reg.13)* July 9th, 1917
† October 11th, 1943
Grave: UNK

Héraucourt, Friedrich* August 13th, 1896

Herold, Walter* August 10th, 1897
† November 28th, 1944

Herrler, Paul* October 31st, 1922
† November 20th, 1944

Hertz, Gustav* April 13th, 1886
† February 25th, 1967

Hesselbarth, Rudolf-Alfred* September 29th, 1914

Heucke, Werner* January 31st, 1895
† August 4th, 1983

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Heydebreck, von, Georg-Hennig (Fallschirm-PR 'HG')* December 27th, 1903
† April 12th, 1976

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Heyden-Rynsch, Freiherr von der, Gisbert* April 26th, 1911
† August 30th, 1942

Hille, August (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33)* August 1st, 1919
† March 10th, 1988

Hipp, Helmut* July 10th, 1895
† July 7th, 1984

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Hippel, Ferdinand (Grenadier-Regiment 253)* September 4th, 1903
† April 18th, 1968

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Hoffmann, Ernst-Wilhelm* September 29th, 1904
† August 27th, 1994

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Hoffmann, Georg Günther* October 26th, 1918
† January 1st, 2004

Hoffmannsegg, Graf Hoffmann von, Günther Arthur* October 19th, 1895
† January 17th, 1942

Hofstetter, Robert (Panzer-Regiment 36)* August 23rd, 1915
† August 29th, 1942
Grave: UNK

Holm, Norbert* December 16th, 1895
† June 3rd, 1962

Holzhauer, Fritz (Aufklärungs-Abteilung 299)* May 16th, 1916
† July 10th, 1944
Grave: UNK

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Holzhäuer, Fritz* July 8th, 1902
† December 14th, 1982

Holzmann, Leopold* March 5th, 1916
† October 21st, 2002

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Houten, van, Rudolf* October 3rd, 1914
† January 8th, 1993

Hoßfeld, Fritz* June 6th, 1920

Hudemann, Jürgen* July 4th, 1912

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Hufenbach, Helmut* February 27th, 1908
† March 27th, 1945

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Hübner, Eduard* April 16th, 1914
† October 1st, 1996

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Hückel, Ernst-Albrecht* September 23rd, 1919
† December 24th, 1996

Hüttner, Hartmut* January 6th, 1914
† August 22nd, 2001

Höhne, Gustav* February 17th, 1893
† July 1st, 1951

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