Grand Imperial Order of the Red Arrows

The Grand Imperial Order of the Red Arrows (Spanish: Gran Orden Imperial de las Flechas Rojas), renamed Imperial Order of the Yoke and Arrows (Spanish: Orden Imperial del Yugo y las Flechas) on the 27 January 1943, was a Spanish state and military order. It was established in 1937 under Francisco Franco and abolished on 1. Oktober 1975. Many members of the Legion Condor, especially those of the Luftwaffe of the Wehrmacht during the Spanish Civil War, received this award. In WWII, many of the members of the "Blue Division" were decorated with the Imperial Order.

Classes

• Grand Collar (Gran Collar; only 15 recipients)
  • Titel: "Excelentísimo Señores"
• Grand Cross (Gran Cruz; only 200 recipients)
  • Titel: "Excelentísimo Señores"
• Grand Commander / Grand Officer with star/plaque (Encomienda con Placa; only 500 recipients); neck order with breast badge
  • Titel: "Ilustrísimo Señores"
• Commander (Encomienda Sencilla; no bestowal limit); neck order
• Gold Medal (Medalla; no bestowal limit); diameter: 42 mm

Known recipients (small selection)

Grand Collar

• Adolf Hitler on 1 October 1937
• Benito Mussolini on 1 October 1937
• Victor Emmanuel III of Italy on 1 October 1937
• Hermann Göring on 18 July 1938
• Joachim von Ribbentrop on 28 May 1940
• Agustín Muñoz Grandes on 22 July 1967

Grand Cross

• Rudolf Hess on 1 October 1938
• Heinrich Himmler on 19 May 1939
• Erich Gritzbach on 26 December 1940
• Walter von Brauchitsch on 26 December 1940
• Helmuth Wilberg on 26 December 1940
• Walther Funk in 1941
• Hans-Heinrich Lammers on 9 February 1941
• Friedrich „Fritz“ Löb (posthumously)
• Hans-Georg von Seidel on 12 May 1941
• Agustín Muñoz Grandes in January 1943

External links

• BOLETIN OFICIAL DEL ESTADO (JEFATURA DEL ESTADO)
• German recipients of the Spanish Imperial Order of the Yoke and Arrows