Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_German_states

Orders, decorations, and medals of the German states

Orders, decorations, and medals of the German states

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The orders, decorations, and medals of the German states, in which each states of Germany has devised a system of orders and awards to honour residents for actions or deeds that benefit their local community or state, are in turn subsumed within the German honours system. Each state sets their own rules and criteria on eligibility and also how each medal is awarded and presented. Most of the orders allow for the recipient to wear their orders in public.

History

Most of the orders have the form of a maltese cross.

Hanseatic rejection

The city states of Bremen and Hamburg do not allocate any orders. An exception was made during World War I when the Hanseatic Cross was awarded jointly with the city of Lübeck. Even today, senators of the two states reject any foreign orders. Former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt received a number of accolades, among them was the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, which he chose not to accept in Hanseatic tradition, in order to refuse any decoration presented for merely fulfilling one's duty.[1]

State orders

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State medals

Bavaria

Berlin

  • Berlin Lifesaving Medal
  • Louise-Schroeder-Medaille

Hamburg

Hesse

  • Wilhelm-Leuschner-Medaille

Lower Saxony

  • Niedersächsische Landesmedaille

Rhineland-Palatinate

Saxony

See also

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