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  2. Awards and decorations of the German Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    The Awards and decorations of the German Armed Forces are decorations awarded by the German Bundeswehr, the German government, and other organizations to the German military and allied forces. Modern era German military awards have been presented since the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949.

  3. Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr - Wikipedia

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    Military Medal: Awarded for: Valor or meritorious service: Description: Comes in five classes: gold with clasp for bravery. Gold, silver, bronze crosses & bronze medal: Presented by: Federal Republic of Germany: Eligibility: Soldiers of the German armed forces and of allied nations, civilians who rendered outstanding services to the German ...

  4. Orders, decorations, and medals of the Federal Republic of ...

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    For meritorious contributions to the war effort after being awarded all preceding classes of the War Merit Cross. c. 250 War Merit Cross (1st Class) Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse: 18 October 1939 – 8 May 1945 Awarded with and without swords. For meritorious contributions to the war effort after being awarded the War Merit Cross, 2nd class.

  5. Historical orders, decorations, and medals of Germany

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    Orders, decorations, and medals of the German states; Awards and decorations of the German Armed Forces; List of honours of Germany awarded to heads of state and royalty; Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. List of recipients of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

  6. List of military decorations - Wikipedia

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    This list of military decorations is an index to articles about notable military decorations. It is organized by country in alphabetical order and in order of precedence. Note that there are many pages which overlap the domain of this page, including military awards and decorations and campaign medal, and pages mentioned within category:Military awards and decorations, category:Battle honours ...

  7. Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany - Wikipedia

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    The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or Bundesverdienstorden, BVO) [2] is the only [clarification needed] federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellectual or honorary fields.

  8. Category : Military awards and decorations of Germany ...

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    German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency; German Armed Forces Badge of Marksmanship; German Armed Forces Deployment Medal; German Flood Service Medal (2002) German Flood Service Medal (2013)

  9. Bundeswehr Cross of Honour for Valour - Wikipedia

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    Members of the German Armed forces are statutorily, under Section 7 of the Legal Status of Military Personnel Act, required to be brave. Members swear to "bravely defend the rights and freedom of the German people." For this reason any conduct recognized by the Cross of Honour for Valour must be of an exceptionally brave nature.