Reich fire service badge

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Reich fire service badge
Reichsfeuerwehrehrenzeichen.jpg
Founder: Reich Minister of the Interior
Foundation year: 1936
Carrying method: Breast order

The Reich Fire Brigade Badge of Honor was donated on December 22, 1936 by the then Reich Minister of the Interior , Wilhelm Frick, in recognition of merits in fire fighting. The fire service honor mark was thus the only fire service honor mark awarded until the foundation of the fire service honor mark (1938) , after the state and provincial fire service associations were prohibited by ordinance from granting their own fire service honor marks .

Classification

The Reichsfeuerwehrezeichen was awarded in two classes, whereby the person to be lent had to be a non-German citizen. However, there was no legal claim to the award.

  • 1st class: Was awarded to members of recognized professional or volunteer fire brigades and other associations that had made special contributions to fire extinguishing. The 1st class was also awarded for particularly courageous and determined behavior in fighting fires.
  • 2nd class: Was awarded to all members who had completed their 25-year service year as a fire service member of a recognized professional or voluntary fire brigade after May 1, 1936.

Condition, appearance and way of wearing

The Reich Fire Brigade Decoration is based on the appearance of the Fire Brigade Decoration (1938) . It depicts a cross of flames on a white background, with the swastika in the middle and the inscription: FOR MERIT IN FIRE EXTINGUISHING . The Reich Fire Brigade badge was worn on the left side of the chest in both classes, namely the 2nd class on the red and white ribbon in the buttonhole or on the medal buckle. The 1st class was worn as a plug cross.

Authority to award

The honorary badge was awarded in the name of the Reich Minister of the Interior by the chief of the German police to those who were lent, although this award could also be delegated. The entrusted received a certificate of ownership with the award of the honorary mark. The decoration itself became the property of the person lent. After his death, it was left to the bereaved as a souvenir, but they were not allowed to wear it. Incidentally, lost pieces were not replaced, but they could be purchased again at the owner's expense. The badge of honor could also be withdrawn again in the event that the badge of honor was "wrongly" awarded.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ordinance on the Reich Fire Service Honor Mark of December 22, 1936, Reichsgesetzblatt, year 1936, p. 1146, § 1 of the ordinance.
  2. ^ Ordinance on the Reich Fire Service Honor Sign of December 22, 1936, Reichsgesetzblatt, year 1936, p. 1146, § 6 of the ordinance.
  3. ↑ Ordinance on the Reich Fire Brigade Honor Mark of December 22, 1936, Reichsgesetzblatt, year 1936, p. 1146, § 2 Paragraphs 3 and 4 of the ordinance.
  4. ↑ Ordinance on the Reich Fire Brigade Honor Sign of December 22, 1936, Reichsgesetzblatt, year 1936, p. 1146, § 2 Paragraph 1 and 2 of the ordinance.
  5. ↑ Ordinance on the Reich Fire Service Honor Mark of December 22, 1936, Reichsgesetzblatt, year 1936, p. 1146, § 3 Paragraph 1 and 2 of the ordinance.
  6. ^ Ordinance on the Reich Fire Service Honor Sign of December 22, 1936, Reichsgesetzblatt, year 1936, p. 1146, § 4, 5 and 6 of the ordinance.