Mine Rescue Decoration (1953)
The Mine Rescue Decoration is a state award of the Federal Republic of Germany for special personal merits in mine rescue . It was donated on July 14, 1953 by the then Federal President Theodor Heuss and is awarded in gold and silver.
Award requirements
Medal of honor for the mine rescue team in silver
According to the foundation decree, the following can be awarded with the mine rescue honor badge in silver:
- Members of a mine rescue team who have served in an exemplary manner in a mine rescue team for at least 15 years,
- Members of a mine rescue service with a shorter period of service, if they have done exemplary service in the mine rescue service and had to retire from service due to or due to an accident in the mine rescue service and
- Members of a mine rescue service or other miners for courageous and determined behavior when deploying the mine rescue service or during rescue work.
Gold mine rescue medal
According to the foundation decree, the following can be awarded with the gold mine rescue service:
- Members of a mine rescue service who have served in an exemplary manner in a mine rescue service for at least 20 years,
- Members of a mine rescue service with a shorter, but at least fifteen-year service period, if they have served in the mine rescue service in an exemplary manner and had to retire from service due to or due to an accident in the mine rescue service and
- Members of a mine rescue service or other miners who have already been awarded the Mine Rescue Service Medal in silver for repeated courageous and determined behavior when deploying the mine rescue service or during rescue work, unless the award of the Federal Republic of Germany's Order of Merit is considered for this act.
Appearance, texture and way of wearing
The mine rescue honor badge is a medal and is held in either silver or gold , depending on the level awarded . Its front shows the symbol of the mine rescue, mallets and iron , which are crossed in raised embossing . Both symbols rest on the cross of the mine rescue team. The cross is surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves . The federal eagle is the last depicted on the crossed mallet and iron . The reverse of the medal bears the seven-line inscription: For / special / merits / in / mines / rescue / wesen . The medal is worn on the left side of the chest on an orange ribbon, which is bordered by black stripes and is lined with silver or gold, depending on the level awarded.
Award procedure
Proposal authorization
The proposals, which should lead to the award of the honorary badge, must be justified and submitted in duplicate to the head of the office of the Federal President by the Prime Ministers of the respective federal states, the Governing Mayor of Berlin and the Senates of Hamburg and Bremen . This then obtains the decision from the Federal President. The prepared award certificates and index cards according to the official model must also be attached to the proposal lists.
After the Federal President has signed the documents, they will be sent with the decorations to those entitled to make proposals (Prime Ministers, Senates of Hamburg and Bremen and the Governing Mayor of Berlin). These then, on their own responsibility, arrange for the decorations to be handed over to the entrusted and then notify the Federal President's Office of the completed handover so that it can finally complete or supplement the name card index of the bearers.
Delivery
With the award of the honorary badge, the entrusted person receives an award certificate which bears the signature of the Federal President. The honorary badge itself becomes the property of the borrower upon delivery. In the event of the owner's death, the honorary badge remains as a souvenir of his survivors. They are not obliged to return them.
Replacement and exchange
Lost decorations will not be replaced. However, the borrowed party is entitled to obtain a replacement piece at his own expense. The manufacturer of the medal is the Steinhauer & Lück company in Lüdenscheid . In addition, it was determined that earlier awarded mine service decorations can be exchanged for the new pattern (but only in the silver version) upon application.
Others
The Mine Rescue Decoration from 1953 is not the first state award that is given to deserving miners in Germany. Historical predecessors are the mine service badge of honor from 1938, the Reichsgrubenwehr badge of honor from 1936 and the mine commemorative badge of the Free State of Prussia from 1934.
In the GDR , the badge of honor or the medal for services to mine rescue was awarded from 1951 .
Web links
- Information from the Federal President on the Mine Rescue Decoration
- Foundation decree (PDF file; 8 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Decree on the Foundation of the Mine Rescue Decoration of July 14, 1953, Federal Law Gazette No. 39 of July 24, 1953, § 1 and 2 of the decree
- ^ Decree on the Foundation of the Mine Rescue Decoration of July 14, 1953, Federal Law Gazette No. 39 of July 24, 1953, § 3 letter a) of the decree
- ^ Decree on the Foundation of the Mine Rescue Decoration of July 14, 1953, Federal Law Gazette No. 39 of July 24, 1953, § 3 letter b) of the decree
- ↑ Decree on the Foundation of the Mine Service Decoration of July 14, 1953, Federal Law Gazette No. 39 of July 24, 1953, Section 4 of the decree
- ↑ Implementation provisions for the decree on the Foundation of the Mine Rescue Decoration of July 14, 1953, Federal Law Gazette No. 39 of July 24, 1953, § 1 of the implementation provision
- ↑ Implementation provisions for the decree on the Foundation of the Mine Rescue Decoration of July 14, 1953, Federal Law Gazette No. 39 of July 24, 1953, § 2 of the implementation provision
- ↑ Decree on the Foundation of the Mine Rescue Decoration of July 14, 1953, Federal Law Gazette No. 39 of July 24, 1953, Section 5 (2) of the decree
- ↑ Implementation provisions for the decree on the Foundation of the Mine Rescue Decoration of July 14, 1953, Federal Law Gazette No. 39 of July 24, 1953, § 3 and 4 of the implementation provision