Blood donation needle

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Blood donation badge in gold for 10 and 25 blood donations

The blood donation badge is an honor in the form of a badge . It is awarded in Germany by the Red Cross and the blood donation service of the Bundeswehr for multiple, free blood donations for the rescue of seriously ill and injured people. A corresponding award in Austria is the medal for services to blood donation of the Austrian Red Cross and in Luxembourg the medal for blood donation . In the GDR , the German Red Cross awarded the blood donation badge .

Awarding and grading

The blood donation needle has been awarded since 1953. In 1967 the stages were modified. The levels for over 100 blood donations were extended in 1979. Since 1999, the German Red Cross has been honoring the number of 10, 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175 and 200 blood donations with the blood donation badge.

The award of the original badge together with a certificate takes place in particular at a special honor event on the part of the district associations of the Red Cross or by the local mayor .

Quirks of different services

The six blood donation services of the DRK and the German Armed Forces have partly made individual regulations with regard to the blood donation needle.

Bavarian Blood Donation Service (BSD)

The Bavarian Red Cross honors since 1999 in the following order: 3, 10, 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175 and 200.

Donors with three or ten blood donations receive their certificate of honor on site. Donors with 25 donations will receive their badge of honor and their certificate sent to them. Donors from the 50th donation are honored in the local associations. From the 75th donation, the design of the badge of honor is different in the form of a medal with the inscription "Blood donate lives save", a cross in a stylized drop of blood and a garnet in a double wreath. In addition, from the 75th blood donation, donors receive an invitation to a large cross-district donation ceremony.

Blood donation services in Hamburg

In Hamburg, blood donation ceremonies take place after the 50th, 100th, 150th and 200th blood donation. In the Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the badge is awarded from the 100 blood donation at a special ceremony in the Hamburg City Hall by the Senator for Health. The needle assigned here shows the symbol of a blood drop.

Blood Donation Service NSTOB and Blood Donation Service Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

The DRK blood donation service of the state associations of the German Red Cross Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Oldenburg and Bremen, as well as the state association Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania stopped awarding blood donation needles at the end of 2019. Blood donors are honored for the 5th, 10th and 25th donation with a coffee mug ("Heldenpott") designed by various artists. For every 25th additional donation there is an honorary gift from the local DRK association.

Blood Donation Service West

The DRK regional associations in North Rhine-Westphalia use a different design from the 50th donation. There are diamonds set in the decorations.

Blood donation service of the Bundeswehr

The blood donation service of the Bundeswehr honors in the following order according to the number of donations: 3, 6, 10, 15, 25, 40, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175 and 200.

The Bundeswehr Blood Donation Service Badge of Honor is awarded to soldiers who have donated blood free of charge to the Bundeswehr Blood Donation Service and / or the Red Cross. These must not be worn on service suits of the Bundeswehr.

Carrying method

The badge of honor of the German Red Cross is awarded to every blood donor who makes the required number of donations to the Red Cross. In particular, members of the German Red Cross, the fire brigades , the technical relief organization and other aid organizations wear the blood donation badge they have reached as a ribbon buckle on their uniform or service suit .

gallery

  • Needles for 10, 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175 blood donations (DRK blood donation service Baden-Württemberg - Hesse, 2013)

  • Levels up to 1999: from left for 3, 6, 15 and 40 blood donations

  • Case of the blood donation needle for 25 donations

  • Blood donation needle for 100 donations

  • Ribbon buckle of the blood donation badge in gold for 10 blood donations

Web links

Commons : Blood Donation Honor Needle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German and Bavarian Red Cross, blood donor needle, gold . Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ German and Bavarian Red Cross, blood donor needle, gold with gold wreath (40) . Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ Donor needle, gold . Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  4. ^ DRK OV Bielefeld-NordWest eV: blood donor badges . Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  5. ^ Blood donation service of the Bavarian Red Cross: Blood donor honors . Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  6. ↑ Lina-Marie Fieker: Artists create new honorary gift . Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  7. ^ Blood donation service West GmbH: Your badge of honor . Retrieved May 20, 2020.