Crossing the long river of history, exploring the fog, how many things in ancient and modern times, are all in laughter. Hello everyone, welcome to watch my article, when we are now enjoying the film and television works about the Third Reich of World War II, or in the old photos of the German army during World War II, I don't know if you have seen that there are many senior German generals holding a pearlescent "small stick", these "small sticks" are very exquisite, in some formal occasions, such as military parades, meetings, various ceremonies, anniversaries will be carried by senior generals, then what is this small stick?
In fact, this is the Marshal Scepter of the German Army, which only the Marshal of the Three Services deserves to have, and the Führer himself awards it, such as the German Admiral Dönitz, the Air Marshal Goering, and the Field Marshal Rommel, who are qualified to wear the scepter that symbolizes honor and authority.
The Marshal Scepter of the German Army is divided into four types, namely the Imperial Marshal, the Field Marshal, the Admiral of the Navy, and the Marshal of the Air Force.
Among them, the Imperial Marshal was the highest rank in the German army, and only Goering received this honor, and his Imperial Marshal Scepter was also higher in specification than the Scepter of the Three Armies.
The Imperial Marshal Scepter is white throughout, very gorgeous and exquisite, and this scepter is also the only one of all the Marshal Scepters with diamonds, which should be valuable today, regardless of its collection value, it should also be the most expensive.
In addition to the Imperial Marshal Scepter, let's take a look at the Marshal Scepter of the Navy, Army and Air Force, the picture below is the Marshal Scepter of Admiral Dönitz, the whole body is a blue background, and the background has the mark of the German eagle and the anchor and the iron cross.
Dönitz fought in World War I and was a naval submariner who served as a captain, so under the Nazi symbol at the top of his scepter is a naval submarine marker, which is also a memorial to his contribution to the Navy.
In the Third Reich besides Hitler, Dönitz was the second Führer, albeit for a short time.
Below is a picture of another German admiral of the Navy, Marshal Raeder, holding a naval scepter, and his picture is very clear, which is really rare and allows us to see it in later generations. It can be seen that his naval scepter is very different from That of Marshal Dönitz, in which the blue color background color is rare and the metallicity is strong.
Let's look at the scepter of the German field marshal, the field marshal scepter is red on the background, and on the red background there is a mark of the German eagle and an army iron cross pattern. The first to show you is the scepter of the esteemed Marshal von Bock in the German Army, whose name is engraved on the top of the scepter, including the date of its award on 19 July 1940, and a standard iron cross belonging to the Army.
Marshal von Bock was a veteran of the German Army, an experienced veteran of the battlefield. Army Group Center, which commanded as many as 51 divisions in the early days of the Soviet-German War, drove straight into the Soviet hinterland.
Of all the German field marshals, no one was more popular than Rommel, and everyone was familiar with him. Rommel gained a very good reputation both within the German army and in the Allies, and the senior Allied generals spoke highly of his military qualities in battle and the "chivalry" of treating prisoners of war and civilians.
This is what Marshal Rommel looked like in his hand, when Marshal Rommel had just achieved good results in the Second Battle of Tobruk in Africa, and the British army was driven back to Egypt, and in recognition of his merits, Hitler awarded him the rank of Marshal.
On October 14, 1944, Marshal Rommel was forced to commit suicide on suspicion of conspiracy and involvement in the killing of Hitler, and Rommel still held his scepter in his hands when he committed suicide, which was his lifelong honor and conviction. The scepter was later handed over to his son and given to the museum after the war.
The picture below is the scepter of Marshal Catherine of the Luftwaffe, and the base color of the Air Force Scepter is also blue, but it is slightly different from the blue of the Navy Scepter, and the air force version is lighter in color.
In addition, this blue-colored scepter belonged to Marshal Goering, who was both an Imperial Marshal and an Air Marshal, so he had two scepters, which were equally exquisite, but the background color was already distinctly white, and on its front there was the Luftwaffe symbol of the flying eagle, and the marshal scepter had the typical iron cross of the Air Force at the bottom end, which was obviously different from the iron cross of the red army scepter.
The above is germany in World War II, the three armies have four versions of the scepter, this small scepter represents the sense of honor, mission and responsibility of soldiers, but the author believes that not every marshal has the right to receive such honors, such as the Imperial Marshal Goering, his ability and deeds obviously do not dare to compliment.
What do you think of the "little sticks" in the hands of these marshals? Do you feel that each of these scepters deserves their name, or that some people are not worthy of the scepter's sense of honor and mission? Welcome to leave a message to discuss, like to like the collection, there will be more article updates about the World War I and World War II periods.
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