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Maurice, Emil

Date of birth:
January 19th, 1897 (Westermoor, Steinburg, German Empire)
Date of death:
February 6th, 1972 (München, Germany)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 02 // NSDAP-Nr.: 594
Nationality:
German

Biography

Emil Maurice was an early member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party) and a founding member of the Schutzstaffel (SS). He was Hitler's first personal chauffeur, and was one of the few persons of mixed Jewish and ethnic German ancestry to serve in the SS, being declared an honorary Aryan by the Führer in person.

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Awarded on:
1933
Nr. 39
Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 9th, 1933
Nr. 495
Ehrenzeichen des 9. November 1923 (Blutorden)
Awarded on:
1933
SS-Ehrenring
Awarded on:
1933
Ehrendegen des Reichsführers-SS
Awarded on:
February 1934
Ehrenwinkel der Alten Kämpfer
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1934
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Ehrendolch der SS
Awarded on:
1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Awarded on:
October 1932
Coburger Abzeichen

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