Prussian shield
The Prussian shield is the East Prussian Landsmannschaft's highest award .
Foundation, endowment
At the suggestion of Erich Grimoni , the award was donated in March 1957. It is not awarded every year and may only be worn by a maximum of 15 living people. Currently (December 2018) there is only one living recipient of the award.
The Prussian shield is always awarded on February 25th - in memory of the day on which the Allied Control Council decreed the dissolution of the Free State of Prussia in 1947 . The Prussian shield is awarded to personalities who have rendered outstanding services to East Prussia and the preservation of its heritage.
Description and way of carrying
The Prussian shield consists of a coat of arms-shaped enamel shield with a stylized floating Frederickian eagle . Men wear the Prussian shield on the left side of their chest, women wear a necklace.
Carrier of the Prussian shield
- 1957
- Manfred Graf von Brünneck-Bellschwitz , former governor
- Siegfried zu Eulenburg-Wicken
- Agnes Miegel , poet
- 1958
- Paul Hundertmarck , Captain a. D.
- Herbert Kraus , legal scholar
- Hans Rothfels , historian
- 1961
- Wilhelm Strüvy , General Landschaftsrat a. D.
- 1962
- Kurt Forstreuter
- 1963
- Fritz Gause
- 1965
- Joachim Freiherr von Braun
- 1966
- Alfred Gille , Federal Chairman of the East Prussian Landsmannschaft
- 1967
- Ulrich Le Tanneux von Saint Paul-Jäcknitz , (born June 10, 1887, † May 29, 1972), deputy chairman of the East Prussian Herdbook Society, landowner on Jäcknitz, Zinten-Land
- 1968
- Ernst Fischer , 1927/28 district administrator of the Heilsberg district, 1946–1959 senior district director in Aschendorf, spokesman for the Heilsberg district community
- Hans Matthee , Chairman of the Berlin State Association of the LMO
- Hans Reimer , founder of the Tilsit-Ragnit district community
- Eberhard Schoepffer , Colonel, Commander of Elbing and Hela, bearer of the Knight's Cross
- Bruno Zeiss
- 1969
- Walter Grosse
- Volkmar Hopf
- Richard Meyer
- 1970
- Paul Wagner
- Karl August Knorr (born November 21, 1902, † December 12, 1973)
- 1971
- Reinhold Rehs , former member of the Bundestag
- 1972
- Karl Theodor Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg , Parliamentary State Secretary a. D.
- 1975
- Karl Dönitz , Grand Admiral ret. D.
- 1977
- Richard Jaeger , former Federal Minister D.
- Theodor Tolsdorff , Lieutenant General ret. D.
- 1979
- Hans-Georg Bock
- 1981
- Hans Graf von Lehndorff
- 1982
- Frida Todtenhaupt
- 1985
- Werner Guillaume
- 1986
- Harry Poley
- Friedrich Zimmermann , former Federal Minister D.
- 1987
- Dietrich von Lenski-Kattenau , Trakehner breeder
- Otto Freiherr von Fircks , CDU member of the Bundestag
- 1988
- Werner Marienfeld , pastor i. R.
- Paul Hoppe , Apostolic Visitator a. D.
- Fritz Naujoks
- 1989
- Herbert Czaja , former President of the Association of Expellees
- 1990
- Boris Meissner
- Dieter Blumenwitz , political scientist
- 1991
- Werner Buxa
- 1995
- Hugo Wellems
- 1998
- Günter Petersdorf
- 2000
- Ruth Geede , writer
- 2005
- Wilhelm von Gottberg , spokesman for the East Prussian Landsmannschaft
- 2008
- Herbert Beister
See also
- Culture Prize of the East Prussian Landsmannschaft
- Plaque of honor of the Federation of Expellees
- Silesian shield
Individual evidence
- ^ The East Prussian Gazette (June 10, 1967) (PDF; 12.0 MB)
- ^ A b Siegfried Dreher: Heimatblatt of the district of Heiligenbeil . Ed .: Kreisgemeinschaft Heiligenbeil (= Heimatblatt of the Kreis Heiligenbeil . No. 63 ). May 2018, p. 76 .
- ^ The Ostpreußenblatt (December 7, 2002)
- ↑ Heike Amos: Associations of Expellees in the Crosshairs
- ^ Obituary for Petersdorf
- ↑ Gold Medal of Honor. In: Preussische Allgemeine Zeitung . December 6, 2003, archived from the original on January 16, 2015 ; accessed on May 8, 2019 .
Web links
- Information on the Prussian shield and list of carriers at the East Prussian Landsmannschaft