(Fritz-Todt-Ring)

Date Instituted

1943 (first awarded 2 June 1943)

Requirements

No clear requirements

Number awarded

3 known (Albert Speer 2 June 1943, Dr. Julius Dorpmüller 24 July 1944 and Dr Wilhelm Ohnesorge)

Known makers/markings

H.J. Wilms

Albert Speer recieves the Fritz Todt Ring from Adolf Hitler on 2 June 1943

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Comments

The ring was of the signet type with a large "T" on the face with large swastikas around the body.

This ring was sponsored by the Nationalsozialistischer Bund Deutscher Technik, NSBDT, (National Socialist Union for German Technology) in honor of the late Fritz Todt.
Todt had been the second head of the NSBDT after Gottfried Feder, he was succeeded by Albert Speer.

Sources used

John R. Angolia & David Littlejohn - Labor organizations of the Reich