Decoration of honor for services to the federal state of Lower Austria
The honor for services to the province of Lower Austria is after the ring of honor of Lower Austria , the most significant honor that currently the province of Lower Austria will be given. The Lower Austrian provincial government is responsible for awarding the honorary mark, and the governor on behalf of the provincial government must issue a certificate for the award . The state governor (usually) is responsible for handing over the respective badge of honor during a ceremony. The basis for the award of the honorary mark is the "Provincial Law on the Honorary Mark for Services to the Federal State of Lower Austria" from 1974, LGBl. 0520-0.
Order levels
The badge of honor for services to the federal state of Lower Austria currently comprises twelve levels, with the individual insignia having different shapes (crosses, stars, medals) depending on the class:
Golden Commander's Cross with the star of the Decoration for Services to the State of Lower Austria
- Neck decoration: height 65 mm, width 65 mm. Four-part cross with eight points, blue-yellow enamel, seven gilded rays between the cross legs, raised by the state coat of arms. The connection of this cross with the ribbon is made by a 22 mm long and 4 mm wide gold-plated loop.
- Ribbon: blue-yellow with opposite yellow-blue borders, 45 mm wide.
- Breast star: height 75 mm, width 75 mm. Six-pointed, gold-plated star with brooching, elevated by the gem (four-part cross with eight points, blue-yellow enamel, on it the national coat of arms in enamel).
Silver commander's cross with the star of the badge of honor for services to the federal state of Lower Austria
- Neck decoration: height 65 mm, width 65 mm. Four-part cross with eight points, blue-yellow enamel, seven silver-plated rays between the legs, raised by the state coat of arms. The connection of this cross with the ribbon is made by a 22 mm long and 4 mm wide silver-plated loop.
- Ribbon: blue-yellow with opposite yellow-blue borders, 45 mm wide.
- Breast star: height 75 mm, width 75 mm. Six-pointed silver-plated ray star with broching, elevated by the gem (four-part cross with eight points, blue-yellow enamel, on it the national coat of arms in enamel).
Golden Commander's Cross of Honor for Services to the State of Lower Austria
- Neck decoration: height 65 mm, width 65 mm. Four-part cross with eight points, blue-yellow enamel, five gilded rays between the cross legs, heightened by the national coat of arms in enamel. The connection of this cross with the ribbon is made by a 22 mm long and 4 mm wide gold-plated loop.
- Ribbon: blue-yellow with opposite yellow-blue borders, 45 mm wide.
Silver Commander's Cross of Honor for Services to the State of Lower Austria
- Neck decoration: height 65 mm, width 65 mm. Four-part cross with eight points, blue-yellow enamel, five silver-plated rays between the cross legs, heightened by the national coat of arms in enamel. The connection of this cross with the ribbon is made by a 22 mm long and 4 mm wide silver-plated loop.
- Ribbon: blue-yellow with opposite yellow-blue borders, 45 mm wide.
Large gold medal for services to the federal state of Lower Austria
- Breast decoration: height 65 mm, width 65 mm. Four-part cross with eight points and brooching, enameled blue and yellow, between the legs of the cross each seven gilded rays, heightened by the national coat of arms in enamel.
Great badge of honor for services to the federal state of Lower Austria
- Breast decoration: height 65 mm, width 65 mm. Four-part cross with eight points and brooching, enameled blue and yellow, seven silver-plated rays between each cross-leg, heightened by the national coat of arms in enamel.
Gold medal for services to the federal state of Lower Austria
- Gem: height 48 mm, width 48 mm. Gilded four-part cross with eight points, smooth edge, finely grained field, with eyelet and ring on the triangular folded band. The cross is elevated by the national coat of arms in enamel.
- Ribbon: blue, 45 mm wide, with a 5 mm wide yellow central stripe and two 2 mm wide yellow stripes at 2 mm intervals on both sides of the central stripe.
Silver medal for services to the federal state of Lower Austria
- Gem: height 48 mm, width 48 mm. Silver-plated four-part cross with eight points, smooth edge, finely grained field, with eyelet and ring on the triangular folded band. The cross is elevated by the national coat of arms in enamel.
- Ribbon: blue, 45 mm wide, with a 5 mm wide yellow central stripe and two 2 mm wide yellow stripes at 2 mm intervals on both sides of the central stripe.
Merit mark of the federal state of Lower Austria
- Gem: height 48 mm, width 48 mm. Bronzed four-part cross with eight points, smooth edge, finely grained field, with eyelet and ring on the triangular folded band. The cross is elevated by the national coat of arms in enamel.
- Ribbon: blue, 45 mm wide, with a 5 mm wide yellow central stripe and two 2 mm wide yellow stripes at 2 mm intervals on both sides of the central stripe.
Golden medal of the honorary badge for services to the federal state of Lower Austria
- Medal: Round, 35 mm diameter, gold-plated, with eyelet and ring on the triangular folded band. The medal shows on the front in relief the badge of honor for services to the federal state of Lower Austria with the state coat of arms and on the reverse the inscription "For services to the federal state of Lower Austria".
- Ribbon: blue, 45 mm wide, with three 2 mm wide yellow central stripes and yellow borders.
Silver medal of the badge of honor for services to the federal state of Lower Austria
- Medal: Round, 35 mm diameter, silver-plated, with eyelet and ring on the triangular folded band. The medal shows on the front in relief the badge of honor for services to the federal state of Lower Austria with the state coat of arms and on the reverse the inscription "For services to the federal state of Lower Austria".
- Ribbon: blue, 45 mm wide, with three 2 mm wide yellow central stripes and yellow borders.
Bronze medal of honor for services to the state of Lower Austria
- Medal: Circular, 35 mm diameter, bronzed, with eyelet and ring on the triangular folded band. The medal shows on the front in relief the symbol of the badge of honor for merits to the federal state of Lower Austria with the state coat of arms and on the back the inscription "For merits to the federal state of Lower Austria."
- Ribbon: blue, 45 mm wide, with three 2 mm wide yellow central stripes and yellow borders.
Further awards from the state of Lower Austria
- Ring of Honor of the State of Lower Austria
- Rescue medal for the federal state of Lower Austria
- Disaster Response Medal
- Badge of honor for many years of meritorious work in the field of fire and rescue services (for 25, 40 and 50 years of meritorious work in the field of fire and rescue). In the fire brigade, up to now only the service time from the beginning of active fire service was counted, but from 2011 the service time in the youth fire service will also be included in awards . Activities for even longer periods of service are assigned by the state fire brigade command.
- Sports honor marks in gold, silver, bronze
Award practice
To whom a badge of honor is to be awarded is regulated in the following paragraphs:
Announcement of the Lower Austrian provincial government of March 19, 1974, with which the law on the badge of honor for services to the federal state of Lower Austria is re-announced
§ 1 (1) A badge of honor is created to honor meritorious achievements as well as outstanding public and private work for the reputation and well-being of the federal state of Lower Austria as well as for services in areas that are in the process of being carried out by the state. (2) This honorary badge bears the name "Badge of Honor for Merit for the Federal State of Lower Austria" and ranks above the rescue medal of the Federal State of Lower Austria. (3) The badge of honor has to show the coat of arms of the State of Lower Austria and can be graded according to the size and type of merit.
Ordinance of the Lower Austrian provincial government of April 6, 1976 on the Decoration of Honor for Services to the State of Lower Austria:
§ 1 (1) The badge of honor for services to the federal state of Lower Austria is awarded to people who have performed outstanding services through public or private work or rendered charitable services and thus promoted the reputation and well-being of the state of Lower Austria, as well as to people who have themselves Have earned merits in subject areas that are a matter of the state in execution.
(2) Suggestions for the award of the honorary badge for services to the federal state of Lower Austria can be made directly to the state government by way of the district administrative authority responsible for the person to be awarded a place of residence or, in the absence of a place of residence in Lower Austria.
Section 2 (2) According to Section 3 of the Act on the Creation of a Decoration of Honor for Services to the Federal State of Lower Austria, LGBl. 0520-0, the President of the Landtag and the Governor are holders of the Golden Commander's Cross with the star of the Honor Sign on the day of their election for services to the federal state of Lower Austria.
§ 4 (1) Every person awarded the badge of honor for services to the federal state of Lower Austria is entitled to wear the decoration in the manner specified in § 3 and to identify himself as the holder of this award. There are no other privileges associated with it.
(2) The decorations remain the property of the entrusted and their heirs. Excepted from this are the cases of loss or acceptance of medals and decorations, which are specially regulated by law.
(3) The holders of the badge of honor for services to the federal state of Lower Austria are permitted to wear the decorations awarded to them in true-to-image reduced scale (miniatures) and to wear the ribbon in the form of rosettes in the buttonhole of civil clothing or in the form of narrow strips
Deprivation
A medal of honor that has already been awarded can also be revoked, this is regulated in LGBl. 0520-0, § 4 (2):
§ 4 (2) The loss of the badge of honor is to be pronounced in the case of repeated convictions for a misdemeanor or a violation if it is evident that the reputation of the federal state of Lower Austria is damaged by the repeated offenses.
See also
- List of bearers of the honorary badge for services to the federal state of Lower Austria
- Orders and decorations of the Republic of Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ Provincial Law on the Decoration of Honor for Services to the Federal State of Lower Austria
- ^ Ordinance of the Lower Austrian provincial government on the badge of honor for services to the federal state of Lower Austria
- ↑ List of decorations awarded by the state of Lower Austria
- ↑ http://www.gutentag.news/ehrenring-des-landes-niederoesterreich-fuer-erwin-proell/
- ↑ The badges of merit of the Lower Austria Fire Brigade Association
- ↑ Brand Aus, edition 11/2010 page 47