Field Marshal and Grand Admiral Batons

German Generalfeldmarschall and Grandadmiral Baton’s are some of the most beautifully made batons in the world,

manufactured by the finest Jewelers in Germany during the war. Shown below are original Generalfeldmarschall batons that reside in museums throughout American and Europe.

The Luftwaffe

Baton of Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Goring

Goring’s Generalfeldmarschall baton, courtesy the collection of the National Infantry Museum, Fort Benning/Columbus, Georgia and property of the United States Army (Photograph courtesy of the museum).

Additional photographs below courtesy of Steve Russell.

Baton of Reichsmarschall Hermann Goring

Hermann Goring’s Reichsmarschall baton, courtesy the collection of the West Point Museum.

(Photographs courtesy of Dietrich Maerz).

The Heer (Army)

Baton of Generalfeldmarschall Maximllian Freiherr von Weichs

Freiherr von Weichs Generalfeldmarschall baton, courtesy the collection of the National Infantry Museum, Fort Benning/Columbus, Georgia and property of the United States Army.

Additional photographs below courtesy of Steve Russell.

Baton of Heer Generalfeldmarschall Gunther von Kluge

GFM Kluge’s baton, courtesy the Panzer Museum at Munster in Germany. Photographs courtesy of Pieter Verbruggen.

The Kriegsmarine

Baton of Kriegsmarine Grossadmiral Karl Donitz

Grandadmiral Donitz’s baton, courtesy the Shropshire Regimental Museum, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom. Photographs courtesy David Bloor.

I am looking for photographic contributions of; Original Generalfeldmarschall batons, Grand Admiral Raeder’s baton, and any interim staff’s. If you have good photographs, and can provide the rights to publish them on this site to be used as reference, please contact me.