Hedwig's Medal

The Hedwig Medal is an award from the Archdiocese of Berlin for committed Catholics .

Characteristics and inscriptions

The medal is named after St. Hedwig of Silesia , the patroness of the cathedral of the archbishopric. The highest award of the archbishopric is the silver Hedwig medal with a diameter of four centimeters. There is also the bronze Hedwig medal with a diameter of eight centimeters, which shows St. Hedwig with the Apostle Peter and St. Otto of Bamberg, the patrons of the Archdiocese.

• Representations on the Hedwig medals
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  Front of the silver Hedwig medal:
  image of St. Hedwig with a duchess crown and model of a church;
  Inscription: "Saint Hedwig - Duchess of Silesia "

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  Back of the silver Hedwig medal:
  picture of the monastery complex of Trebnitz ;
  Inscription: "* around 1174 Andechs - † 1243 Trebnitz - canonization 1267 - buried in the monastery church Trebnitz"

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  Front of the bronze Hedwig's medal:
  image of St. Hedwig with crown and halo , in the right hand the Madonna of the Crescent Moon of St. Hedwig's Cathedral , in the left a model of the cathedral;
  Inscription: "St. Hedwig "

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  Back of the bronze Hedwig medal: half-length
  portraits of the apostle Peter with the key to the kingdom of heaven and of St. Otto with a crook , who together hold the open Gospel book with the Greek letters Alpha and Omega ;
  Inscription: “Diocese of Berlin - St. Peter - St. Otto "

People (selection)

The following well-known personalities have been awarded Hedwig's medals:

silver

• Ernst-Alfred Jauch (1985)
• Michael Witt (2000)
• Franz-Xaver Kaufmann (2007)
• Norbert Niehues (2010)

bronze

• Philipp Eggers (1969)

Web links

Commons : Hedwigsmedaille  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Silver Hedwig Medal for committed Catholics , Archdiocese of Berlin, accessed online on February 12, 2013