On 13 April 1968, a destroyer of the West German Navy was christened "Mölders" in Bath, Maine (USA). It was in service between 1969 and 2003. , it is the central attraction at the German Navy Museum in Wilhelmshaven. On 9 November 1972, a base of a battalion of the 34th Signal Regiment of the Bundeswehr in Visselhövede received the name "Mölders". The Fighter Wing 74 ("Jagdgeschwader" 74), stationed in Neuburg an der Donau, received the name "Mölders" in 1973. Now a general, Rall presented the cuffbands.