For his achievements in Spain, Mölders was honoured with the Spanish "Medalla de la Campaña" and "Medalla Militar" on 4 May 1939 and the German Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords and Diamonds () on 6 June 1939. The Condor Legion officially returned to Germany on 6 June 1939 and troops marched through Berlin to the Lustgarten, where the fallen were honoured. A formal state banquet for the most highly decorated soldiers was held in the marble gallery of the Reich Chancellery. Mölders was seated at table 1, with "General der Flieger" Hugo Sperrle, General Antonio Aranda, General Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, "Oberst" Walter Warlimont, "Oberstleutnant" von Donat, "Leutnant" Reinhard Seiler and "Oberfeldwebel" Ignatz Prestele.