German Awards - Life Saving Medal 1881

The medal was established by Grand Duke Karl Alexander on June 24, 1881. This was preceded by a law of 1823, which provided for a person who saved the life of an unfortunate person with special determination and expediency, a special reward. When creating a medal, this must be taken into account. The persons of the Grand Duchy were awarded, who, risking their own lives, saved other people. The medal was awarded without taking into account the title. Proposals for this came from the Ministry of State. Awarding was carried out personally by the Grand Duke. The medal was not refundable. The stamp was made by Professor Ferdinand Helfricht in Gotha.

High oval medal with raised silver border. Above is a soldered ordinary eye with a ribbon ring.

Front side:

• Along the edge is a wide descriptive ring bounded inward by a raised line.
• It has the inscription (left) - VIGILANDO - (right) - ASCENDIMUS -
• The slogan of the Order of the White Falcon is to rise up with vigilance.
• At the bottom of the ring there are 3 six-pointed stars to the left and right of them 2 points.
In the surrounded
• field is a large Saxon coat of arms.
• Diagonally, a strip of diamond crown. The horizontal bars are shaded differently.
• This is framed by one, tied to the upper corners, ermine canopy.
• This one, raised in the middle above the shield, falls into a large crown.

Downside:

• Along the edge is a wide ring bounded inward by a raised line.
In
• it, an ornament in the form of a diamond crown faces the inner edge.
• The decoration consists alternately of 12 rhombus petals and between them 12 elevations with a point.
In
• a surrounded field on a flat background, a 4-line elevated inscription:
• - FOR -/- RESCUE -/- SHUTDOWN -/- DANGER TO LIFE -.

Tape:

31 mm wide, black edges 5 mm, side stripes yellow 2 mm each, central stripes green 11 mm.

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