Medal for Merit to Health Care (France)
The Order for Services to the Healthcare ( French Ordre de la Santé publique ) was incorporated on 18 February 1938 by decree by the French President Albert Lebrun founded and was intended to reward people who are in the field of public health and child protection order deserved the French Republic .
The award was presented at the suggestion of the Minister of Health.
Classes
The order consists of three classes and the number of annual awards was regulated.
In order to be awarded the medal, one had to be 30 years of age and have been active in the field for at least ten years. The officers' cross could be awarded at the earliest five years after the appointment as knight, and the commander's cross at the earliest five years after the appointment as officer.
Order decoration
The medal is a silver- gilt five-armed cross (knight without gilding) on which a blue enamelled five-pointed star rests. The star tips are enclosed by small squares. The medallion is enclosed by a blue enamelled ring with the inscription ORDRE DE LA SANTÉ PUBLIQUE (Order of Public Health) and shows Marianne's head, turned to the right and slightly upward . A stylized sunrise on the reverse of the medallion .
Carrying method
The commander's cross is worn as a neck medal . The medals of the officers and knights on the ribbon on the left side of the chest, with a rosette on the ribbon of the officer's cross .
The ribbon is blue.
- Ribbon buckles of the Order of Health Service
commander
officer
Knight
Others
The award of the Order for Services to Health Care was discontinued in 1963 as part of the reorganization of the French religious system and the Foundation of the National Order of Merit .
literature
- André Souyris-Rolland: Guide des Ordres Civil Français et Étrangers, des Médailles d'Honneur et des Médailles des Sociétés. Paris 1979.