Fire Brigade Decoration (Rhineland-Palatinate)

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All versions of the fire brigade badge of honor of Rhineland-Palatinate

The fire brigade decoration of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate is a state award of the federal state of the same name and was donated in seven stages on January 1, 1983 by the then Prime Minister Bernhard Vogel .

Graduation

The first four levels of the badge are considered service awards, the last four as badges of honor for merit.

  • Bronze Fire Brigade Decoration: for 15 years of service
  • Silver Fire Brigade Decoration: for 25 years of service
  • Golden Fire Brigade Decoration: for 35 years of service
  • Golden Fire Brigade Decoration: for 45 years of service (with gold-colored border and oak leaf wreath)
  • Silver fire brigade decoration on ribbon: for special services to the fire brigade
  • Golden fire brigade decoration on ribbon: for outstanding services to the fire brigade
  • Gold medal of honor as a plug-in cross: for extraordinary services to the fire service
  • Fire Brigade Cross of Honor in gold: for particularly courageous behavior in fire brigade operations

Appearance and wearing style

The fire service badge of honor as a service award is oval, openwork bronze, silver or gold and shows in the middle the colored state coat of arms flanked by stylized flames from a container as well as the inscription on the lower edge: FOR MERIT / IN THE FIREFIGHTERS . The back shows a vertically attached needle with a counter-hook. The service award is only worn at the highest level on the left chest of the recipient. Deviating from this is the special version for 45 years of service, which is surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves.

The fire brigade decorations on ribbon in silver and gold show a red enamelled Maltese cross with stylized flames on each cross corner and the state coat of arms in the middle. The edges of the flames and the cross are kept in the colors of the awarded level silver or gold. The badge of honor is worn on a red-white-red ribbon with a gold or silver border on the upper left side of the chest of the recipient. It can be worn parallel to a service award.

The badge of honor for extraordinary services as a plug-in cross shows the same cross as a ribbon order. In addition, however, the cross angles are connected to one another by a golden laurel wreath that is bent upwards. The cross is worn on the left side of the chest of the entrant next to the fire service award and below any fire service decorations on the ribbon.

The badge of honor for particularly courageous behavior shows the well-known cross and a closed golden oak leaf wreath. In this version, the flames are not applied to the cross arms, but instead held diagonally to the cross arms. The golden state coat of arms shines on a dark blue central medallion with a golden frame. This badge of honor is worn on the left side of the chest of the recipient.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ § 16 Fire and Disaster Protection Act Rhineland-Palatinate, Business and Ordinance Gazette p. 247 1981
  2. ↑ Authorization to award, design and hand over the Fire Brigade Decoration, Ministerialblatt dated February 8, 2010, p. 76

3. Authority to award, design and hand over the Fire Brigade Decoration, Ministerialblatt of July 25, 2019, p. 200