Awards of Germany - Honorary Cross of the Fire Department of the Palatinate

The honorary cross of the fire department for the district fire association Palatinate-Bavaria was established around 1926 by the district association. The cross is probably the highest award of the Kreisverband association and has been awarded for outstanding service in firefighting. I do not know anything about the fund and the requirements for awarding. A little later in 1927, published in the Zeitung für Geschöhlschesen newspaper on February 1, 1927, an honorary cross was also presented for 50 years of service. It could be obtained for special merits in the fire business. On the front of the coin is the number 50. The third award of the district fire union was an honorary badge made in bronze. All district association awards are very rare. Exact award figures are not known. During the unification of the National Socialists, the award was discontinued in 1936. Source: Gert Efler, German Fire Honour Badge 1802 - now, 1988

Eight-pointed cross made of silver. The crosses on the front side are silver and enameled in white and blue. Front and back with a round medallion worn. There is a gilded laurel wreath between the cross sleeves at a distance on the left, and a gilded oak-leafy wreath on the right. Between the tips of the upper cruciform shoulder there is an eye with a bandage ring.

Front side:

• A medallion with a raised rounded border.
In
• the surrounded field above is a fire helmet with two fire wheels crossed behind it.
At
• the bottom, the destination inscription is curved along the edge:
• Central - FOR -, including along the edge - FIRE PROTECTION - MERIT -.

Downside:

• The medallion is burgundy silver and enameled with rhombuses diagonally blue-white.
• The raised-edged crosses are not enameled.
• A raised font is distributed on it: from above - the PALATINATE. a, left - CIRCLE, right - FIRE. - and from below - BANDAGE -.

Tape:

35 mm, alternating blue 7 x and white 6 x striped, white edges.

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