Date Instituted

8 May 1939

Requirements

Awarded for bravery or merit.

Number Awarded

?

Comments

Orginally awarded only in Gold, but Silver and Bronze classes were added 11 Sep 1939.
When this medal was awarded to merit, a bar with the text "Za Zasluhy" (For Merit) was added to the ribbon.

(Courtesy of Emedals)

Sources used

Christopher Ailsby - German World War 2 Medals & Political Awards: The Satellite States
David Littlejohn - Foreign Legions of the Third Reich, vol 3