Ribbentrop, von, Ulrich Friedrich-Wilhelm Joachim
- Date of birth:
- April 30th, 1893 (Wesel, German Empire)
- Date of death:
- October 16th, 1946 (Nuremberg, Germany)
- Buried on:
- Wenzbach
- Service number:
- NSDAP-nr. 1199927 / SS-nr. 63083
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Military career:
?: Leutnant
1916: Oberleutnant
SS-career:
30 May 1933: Allgemeine-SS (membership number 63.083)
30 May 1933: SS Standartenführer
20 April 1935: SS-Oberführer
18 June 1935: SS Brigadeführer
13 September 1936: SS-Gruppenführer
20 April 1940: SS-Obergruppenführer
Political career:
111 August 1936 - 4 February 1938: Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
4 February 1938 - 30 April 1945: Reichsminister of Foreign Affairs.
His son Rudolf served with the Waffen-SS.
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Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ritter II. Klasse zum Hausorden vom Weißen Falken
Friedrich-August Kreuz 2.Klasse
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Harp Madalyasi
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Julleuchter der SS
- Rank:
- SS-Brigadeführer (Major General)
- Awarded on:
- December 16th, 1935
Goldene Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischen Hausordens
- Awarded on:
- 1935
With swords
- Rank:
- SS-Gruppenführer (Lieutenant General)
- Awarded on:
- January 30th, 1937
Magyar Érdemrend Nagykeresztje
- Rank:
- SS-Gruppenführer (Lieutenant General)
- Awarded on:
- 1938
- Rank:
- SS-Gruppenführer (Lieutenant General)
- Awarded on:
- April 20th, 1939
Order of the Karadorde's Star - Grand Cross
- Rank:
- SS-Gruppenführer (Lieutenant General)
- Awarded on:
- 1939
Orden Imperial del Yugo y las Flechas Grand Collar
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obergruppenführer (General)
- Awarded on:
- May 28th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obergruppenführer (General)
- Awarded on:
- August 1940
Orden Kiril i Metodij
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obergruppenführer (General)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
Kyuokujitsu sho Guddokōdon Kiri no hana
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obergruppenführer (General)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
Storkors af Dannebrog
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obergruppenführer (General)
- Awarded on:
- 1941
Grand Cross to the Order of Prince Pribina
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obergruppenführer (General)
- Awarded on:
- 1941
Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun suurristi ketjuineen (SVR SR ketj)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obergruppenführer (General)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
Ordinul Carol I - Grand Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obergruppenführer (General)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
Red Krune Kralja Zvonimira Grand Cross with Oak Wreath and Star
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obergruppenführer (General)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
Ordine Supremo della Santissima Annunziata
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obergruppenführer (General)
- Awarded on:
- May 22nd, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Danziger Kreuz I.Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
No. 138.588
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Nishan al-Ismail - Grand Cordon
Sources
- Photo 1: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-H04810 / CC-BY-SA 3.0 (CC Attribution Share Alike 3.0)
- - Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP 1934
- Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP 1935
- Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP 1937
- Boletín Oficial del Estado: A03997-03997. p.3997
- The Orders and medals of Joachim von Ribbentrop
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