Medal for rescue from distress
The medal for rescue from distress at sea , complete medal for rescue from distress at sea on the ribbon of the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People is a German, state-approved decoration that is awarded by the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People.
history
In 1866 the society donated an award for rescue from distress, the Society Medal . In addition, there was the Laeisz Medal , which came from a foundation brought into the society in 1892 by the Association for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People on the High Seas in Hamburg . Up to 1911 alone, 14 large gold medals, 68 small gold medals, 186 large silver medals and 169 small silver medals and 45,398 cash marks were awarded from the Laeisz Foundation for 2926 saved lives.
In 1955, the society combined the two medals and donated the medal for rescue from distress at sea on the ribbon of the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People in three stages: bronze, silver and gold. The award "for outstanding rescue actions on the coasts of the sea and on the high seas, in which Germans rescued or were rescued" is made by the company's board of directors.
The award is one of the by decree approving the Foundation and awarding of medals and decorations and recognition as decorations approved German medals and decorations ( Ordenerl. ) Of Germany approved awards.
Appearance
The medal has a diameter of 43 mm and bears the name of the company in circumferential writing on the front, which includes a wreath of oak leaves that is open at the top . In the upper opening of the wreath is the Hanseatic Cross as a symbol of the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People, and underneath in three lines is a block of letters FOR RESCUE FROM SEENOT. The reverse of the medal shows, according to an old depiction taken from the Laeisz Medal, a group of castaways on a raft and a wreck in the background. The 3 mm thick, smooth edge of the medal is intended to be engraved with the name of the recipient, the award-winning rescue and its date. The medal has an eyelet and is worn on a 30 mm wide ribbon, the right half of which is white and the left half of which is red.
Awards
The Gold Medal was last at the on in January 2018 Patrick Air Force Base stationed 920th Rescue Wing of the US Air Force awarded. With the award ceremony in the International Maritime Museum Hamburg , the unit was honored for the rescue of two German sailors in July 2017, whose boat caught fire 500 nautical miles off the coast of Florida .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ferdinand Dannmeyer : Seelotsen-, Leucht- und Rettungswesen: a contribution to the characteristics of the North Sea and Lower Elbe. 1911, p. 87
- ^ Virtual Order Museum , accessed on February 11, 2019
- ↑ Decree on the approval of the foundation and the award of medals and decorations and on the recognition as decorations of July 4, 1958, accessed on February 11, 2019, and finally the decree on the approval of an amendment to the conditions of the award of the medal for rescue from distress at sea on Band of the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked Persons from January 22, 1987, accessed on February 11, 2019
- ↑ According to the deed of foundation, quoted from the Virtual Ordensmuseum , accessed on February 11, 2019
- ↑ German Society for Rescue of Shipwrecked People awards gold medal for rescue from distress at sea , press release from January 26, 2018, accessed on February 11, 2019
- ↑ Reserve wing receives prestigious German Maritime Search and Rescue award , accessed on February 11, 2019