Saxon life-saving honor

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The Saxon Life Saving Honor was donated by the Saxon State Government on June 1, 1996 at a cabinet meeting.

Saxon life-saving honor according to the old statutes from 1996
Saxon life-saving honor in the version from 2011

Historical background

A life-saving medal was last awarded in Saxony in 1918 . With the establishment of the Lifesaving Honor Mark Foundation in 1996, the Free State of Saxony resumed this old tradition.

Foundation purpose

A life-saving badge of honor is donated by the Free State of Saxony as state recognition for a rescue from danger to life.

Shape and texture

The life-saving decoration made of fine silver shows on its front the coat of arms of the Free State of Saxony with the raised inscription: FREISTAAT SACHSEN . The reverse bears the inscription in the upper semicircle: FOR RESCUE FROM DANGER and shows three interwoven oak leaves in the lower semicircle. The first and last name of the rescuer are engraved in the center with the year of the award of the award. The lifesaving badge has a diameter of 30 mm and is worn on a gold-framed green-white-green ribbon. A miniature on a green-white-green ribbon can be worn in place of the life-saving badge. The details are determined by the system. (see graphic on the right)

With the amendment of the statutes in 2011, the form was simplified somewhat: The inscription FREISTAAT SACHSEN is no longer embossed on the front , and the binding has been changed from gold to silver. The old version should be issued until the stocks are used up.

Award requirements

  • a) The life-saving badge for rescue from danger is awarded to people who have saved human lives at risk of death or in particularly threatening, dangerous circumstances or who have averted a significant threat to the general public.
  • b) The award will only take place if the rescue act took place in the Free State of Saxony or if the rescuer is domiciled in the Free State of Saxony.
  • c) The rescuer should have carried out the rescue act essentially independently.
  • d) Persons who are entrusted with the protection of the life of others or who are responsible for averting dangers from the general public on an official or professional basis are only granted state recognition in accordance with this administrative regulation if they have significantly exceeded the extent of their duty to fulfill an act of rescue .
  • e) There is no legal right to be awarded the life-saving honor.

Proposal process

  • a) The award of the life-saving honor is proposed to the Minister of State of the Interior.
  • b) The mayor of the municipality in which the rescuer or rescuer resides is entitled to make proposals. If the rescuer and rescuer have their place of residence outside the Free State of Saxony, the mayor of the municipality of the rescue site is responsible for the proposal.
  • c) The proposal must be accompanied by a report on the rescue act. The report must give a clear, coherent and exhaustive account of the rescue act. It must also contain:
    • aa) First and last name, date of birth, address and occupation of the rescuer and the rescued person;
    • bb) Date, place and time of the rescue act;
    • cc) relationship of the rescued person to the rescuer;
    • dd) in the case of the above letter d): a more detailed explanation of this requirement.

Award process

  • a) The award of the life-saving honor is made by the Minister of State of the Interior.
  • b) The rescuer receives an award certificate about the award of the life-saving honor
  • c) The mayor of the rescuer's place of residence will hand over the life-saving badge and the award certificate in a dignified manner. In individual cases, the Minister of State for the Interior can reserve the right to hand them over or make other arrangements for the handover.
  • d) The awarding of the life-saving honor will be announced in the Saxon Official Gazette. It is recommended that the communities in which the rescuer is domiciled publicize the recognition in a customary manner.

Carrying method

The Saxon life-saving honor is worn on the left side of the chest on the medal buckle as a ribbon medal. However, in its original size only on the day it is awarded or on appropriate festive occasions. Otherwise only as a strap on the strap buckle. Details are regulated by an administrative regulation of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior, which was published in the Saxon Official Gazette.

Ranking in the Saxon award system

The high status of the life-saving honor is also reflected in the ranking of the Saxon award system, in which the life-saving honor follows in third place behind the Saxon Order of Merit and the Constitutional Medal.

First award

On September 15, 1999, the then Minister of the Interior of Saxony, Klaus Hardraht , awarded the Saxon life-saving honor for the first time. The then mayor of the municipality of Pobershau, Christoph Kraus, received the life-saving badge for his work during the severe weather disaster in the district of the Middle Ore Mountains .

Further awards

On April 2nd, 2009 the students Marko Feichtinger and Erik Lehmberg and the student Alex Oschatz were awarded the life-saving honor of the Free State of Saxony by the Mayor of Dresden, Helma Orosz . On August 14, 2008 they saved Alexis Bruce from drowning in the Dresden-Leuben gravel pit, which had already disappeared from the surface of the water. The award was also given for their attentive behavior and their quick and courageous commitment.

literature

  • Jürgen Lindner: The Free State of Saxony's life-saving honor in a new form. In: Orders and Medals. Das Magazin für Freunde der Phaleristik , Ed .: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ordenskunde , Issue 104, Volume 18, Gäufelden 2016. ISSN 1438-3772.

Web links

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Administrative regulation of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior on the foundation of a lifesaving honor (VwV lifesaving honor) of June 14, 1999 No. 1 of the VwV lifesaving honor
  2. ↑ Administrative regulation of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior on the foundation of a life-saving honor (VwV-Lebensrettungsehrenzeichen) from June 14, 1999 No. 2 of the VwV-Lebensrettungsehrenzeichen
  3. ↑ VwV-Lebensrettungsehrenzeichen dated September 27, 2011 from the Saxon Official Gazette p. 339, November 27, 2019, No. 2. Sentences 1 and 4 (form and nature of the honorary mark); Homepage of the Free State of Saxony . Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  4. ↑ VwV Lifesaving Honor Sign of September 27, 2011 from the Saxon Official Gazette p. 339, November 27, 2019, No. 6. (transitional provision); Homepage of the Free State of Saxony . Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  5. ↑ Administrative regulation of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior on the foundation of a lifesaving honor (VwV lifesaving honor) of June 14, 1999 No. 3 of the VwV lifesaving honor
  6. ↑ Administrative regulation of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior on the foundation of a lifesaving honor (VwV lifesaving honor) of June 14, 1999 No. 4 of the VwV lifesaving honor
  7. ↑ Administrative regulation of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior on the foundation of a lifesaving honor (VwV-Lebensrettungsehrenzeichen) from June 14, 1999 No. 5 of the VwV-Lebensrettungsehrenzeichen