Hellmann Medal
The Hellmann Medal was initially a state award of the Weimar Republic , which was donated on the occasion of Gustav Hellmann's 75th birthday on July 3, 1929 by the Prussian Ministry of Culture in Berlin for longtime honored observers of the Prussian meteorological station network. From 1936 to 1945 it acted as a state award of the German Reich as non-acceptable awards of the Air Force .
Transfer to the Reich Ministry of Aviation
After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists in 1933 under Adolf Hitler , the power to award the Hellmann Medal was transferred in May 1934 to the Reich Ministry of Science, Education and Public Education . The Reich Weather Service had previously been founded on April 6, 1934 . As early as April 18, 1934, the Reich Weather Service was transferred to the Reich Aviation Ministry and thus the responsibility of the German Air Force . When the Luftwaffe was exposed in March 1935, the Reich Weather Service also took over the offices of the Meteorological Institute.
Appearance (1929–1935)
In bronze held medal has mm in diameter and 95 points to their Avers center, the left-looking portrait Hellmann's surrounded by his Namensumschrift: GUSTAV HELL MAN . The reverse of the medal shows the Prussian eagle and the five-line inscription underneath : FUER / MERIT / AS OBSERVER DES / PRUSSISCHEN / METEOROLOGISCHEN / INSTITUTS . A small branch of laurel, which can be seen under the last line of the inscription, forms the end. The medal was presented together with the award certificate in a red case with a white cover.
Appearance (1936–1945)
After the redesign of the medal in 1936 to reflect the new political conditions in the German Reich, it now shows, reduced to a diameter of 92 mm and kept in bronze, the left-facing portrait of Hellmann on its obverse. However, at eye level, the new foundation year of the medal can be read 19 on the left and 36 on the right. His name GUSTAV HELLMANN was placed in a semicircle under his portrait. The lapel now shows the national badge of the Luftwaffe in front of clouds and a sun shown at the top, whose rays u. a. illuminate the Luftwaffe eagle and the two semicircular fractal inscriptions adjoining it: For services to the / German Reich Weather Service . The medal was presented along with the award certificate in a black case with a golden Luftwaffe eagle on the lid.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus D. Patzwall : The non-wearable medals and plaques of the air force. 1935-1945. (= Studies on the history of awards. Vol. 5). Patzwall, Norderstedt 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-04-5 , pp. 142-146.