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Originally Posted by frau kaleun
AFAIK there is no way to add additional medals into the game, if anyone knows otherwise feel free to elaborate on how this is done.
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Correct, I have spent more hours than I want to remember trying every single permutation to make changes to the awards. It might be possible (haven't had the time to try, would take a lot of photoshop work and subsequent pixel mapping) to remove an award and put something else in its place.
I've been wanting to expand the medal box so that it would include the Honor Roll, German Grand Order, Order of the Red Eagle, Grand Cross with Diamonds, and correct the close combat clasp to have bronze and silver (THERE WAS NO GOLD VERSION EVER AWARDED OR EVEN MADE! If pissed me off that when I look at places that sell reproductions that they all have the combat clasps in bronze, silver and gold (or sometimes just gold).
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Originally Posted by frau kaleun
I can see why adding the U-Boat Front Clasp in silver would be an interesting idea, at least from what I know of it... even though very few men would've lasted long enough to merit getting it. In RL very few of them appear to have been awarded either version when compared to the number of ICs (and its various "upgrades") that were awarded. Just getting the bronze version probably took a lot - it seems to have been a decoration for extended or unusually exemplary performance in combat. It wasn't even introduced until 1944 (bronze in May, and silver in November).
According to uboat.net, the German Cross in silver was only awarded to non-combatants - combatants would receive it in gold if the award was merited at all. So adding that as a possible decoration for a combat commander would not be historically accurate anyway.
IIRC the only person awarded the Grand Cross after its reinstitution in 1939 was Herman Göring, in recognition (ostensibly) of the outstanding performance of the Luftwaffe during the German offensives up to and including the successful occupation of France. Considering that he was also awarded a special rank at that time, one created just for him so he could outrank pretty much everyone else in the Wehrmacht, it seems unlikely that a comparatively low-ranking u-boat commander would ever get his own Grand Cross. I think the award itself was originally intended only for the most successful generals (or high-ranking leaders) of the German military and its various branches.
According to Wikipedia, the Star was only awarded twice in its entire history - once to some guy who led German armies to victory over Napoleon, and then to Paul von Hindenburg in WWI. In other words: not an award that would be handed out for anything other than leadership, service, and/or success at the very highest level. When it was reinstituted in 1939, it was only to be awarded after Germany won the war and then to only one man, her most successful general of the entire conflict.
Obviously there was no victory and it was never awarded. In terms of historical accuracy, there would be zero chance of a u-boat commander ever getting this blingy pinned to his uniform.
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Goering was a medal whore, he always insisted on getting any medal/badge (and made special for him usually in diamonds) even if he had absolutely nothing to do with it. He got a u-boat badge in diamonds despite having done absolutely nothing to warrant even consideration for the basic badge!
If the Medal triggers could be unlocked, or the SDK released there are a lot of cool things that could be added like the Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross, Order of the Red Eagle (have one of those (the imperial pre-WWI type) and its one of the most gorgeous Orders I've seen, the Honor Roll Clasp (was put on the uniform in place of the EK2, but was distinct as it had the clasp on the ribbon), Grand Cross with Diamonds, the Narvik shield and some others. Its easy to change the settings for the renown on when to award a medal but impossible to make other changes (like not allowing the Oak Leaves become available till 6/40).