German Awards - Palatinate Cross of the Palatinate District Fire Union

This honorary sign of the fire department was established on February 14, 1931 by the district association of the Palatinate in Bavaria. Despite the fact that the district association was a member of the Bavarian Land Union of Fire Services, it established its own honorary badges.
The Palatinate Cross was awarded in recognition of merits in the Palatinate fire department.
In addition to the badge of honor presented here, 2 more awards of the district association are known. The Fire Service Cross of Honour was awarded for distinguished service and is silver with partially enamelled cross sleeves and a circular laurel and oak wreath. The front medallion is gilded. The reverse, by analogy with this cross, is only silver. The second award is the Fire Department's 50-year Honorary Cross. This is by design, but on the front side it bears the number 50 in the medallion. Awards are very rare due to the small territory and short award period. Source: Gert Efler, German Fire Honour Badge 1802 - now, 1988

Eight-pointed cross made of bronze. Cruciform shoulders with narrow raised edges. The insides are finely indented. Front and rear with round medallions. Between the tips of the upper cruciform shoulder is an ordinary ear with a ribbon ring.

Front side:

• The middle shield with a narrow border is enameled with light blue-white with rhombuses.
• Raised abbreviations are common on cross sleeves: above - PF. -, left - Kr. -,
• On the right is Fw. - and below - Vd. - (for the Palatinate County Fire Association).

Downside:

• Round central shield with narrow border without enamel.
• Center, above the image of a fire helmet. Behind him are 2 crossed axes of firefighters.
• Below lowercase at a short distance from edge 2:
• - FOR -/- FIRE PROTECTION - FOR MERIT -. Cross hands without typeface.

Tape:

• 35 mm wide, edges black 7 mm, side stripes white 7 mm, central stripes blue 7 mm.