| General Honor Decoration Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen | |
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 Obverse of the General Honor Decoration of Hesse | |
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Awarded by the Grand Duchy of Hesse | |
| Type | Civil and military decoration |
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| Established | 25 September 1843 |
 Ribbon of the decoration | |
The General Honor Decoration (German: Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen) was a civil and military decoration of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Established 25 September 1843, the medal could be awarded to recognize several different accomplishments or merits. The reason for the award of the medal was determined by the inscription on the reverse of the medal, with the obverse bearing the effigy of the reigning Grand Duke of Hesse.[1]
There were nine different reverse inscriptions for the medal:[2][3]
- FÜR VERDIENSTE (FOR MERIT)
- FÜR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE)
- FÜR LANGJÄHRIGE TREUE DIENSTE (FOR MANY YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE)
- FÜR FÜNFZIG JÄHRIGE TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FIFTY YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE)
- FÜR RETTUNG VON MENSCHEN-LEBEN (FOR RESCUE OF HUMAN LIFE)
- FÜR WIEDERHOLTE RETTUNG VON MENSCHEN-LEBEN (FOR REPEATED RESCUE OF HUMAN LIFE)
- FÜR TREUE ARBEIT (FOR FAITHFUL WORK)
- FÜR KRIEGS-VERDIENSTE (FOR WAR MERIT)
- FÜR TAPFERKEIT (FOR BRAVERY)
References[]
- ↑ "HESSE-DARMSTADT. General Honour Decoration, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, 'For Bravery', (HESSEN-DARMSTADT. Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen, Großherzog Ernst Ludwig, 'Für Tapferkeit'), 1894–1918 issue". Medal-medaille.com. 6 February 2006. http://www.medal-medaille.com/sold/product_info.php?cPath=262&products_id=3915&osCsid=bdd4d5d90a5f9d928e8113dbc0940249. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ↑ "Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen für Tapferkeit 1894". Ehrenzeichen-orden.de. http://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/deutsche-staaten/allgemeines-ehrenzeichen-fur-tapferkeit-1894.html. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ↑ "Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen für Kriegs-Verdienste 1894". Ehrenzeichen-orden.de. http://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/deutsche-staaten/allgemeines-ehrenzeichen-fur-kriegs-verdienste-1894.html. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
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