Elvis Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hello gentlemen, this is the newest medal in Germany. The german Minister of Defence Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg gives 15 soldiers on 25.11.2010 the new medal. It is called the "Einsatzmedaille Gefecht" The soldiers can get it, if they are in a "battle" in a foregin mission - for example afghanistan. Ribbon is the same as for mission medals. I will upload a few pictures. Elvis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 The open box ..... Elvis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 Frontside view Elvis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 And here is the backside. Elvis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
army historian Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 So is this like getting an Iron Cross now? Nice medal Elvis. Cheers Captain Albert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 So is this like getting an Iron Cross now? No, for an IC more than attendance in a firefight was required. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Not to poo poo on anyone who has earned one but the construction sure is shabby. It shows that the slide in craftsmanship that started in 1918 is still continuing. A shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacHel Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Does it come in a single class or 3 like the regular medal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eitze Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Not to poo poo on anyone who has earned one but the construction sure is shabby. It shows that the slide in craftsmanship that started in 1918 is still continuing. A shame. All German Army decorations and even the German Order of Merit are nothing but a shame for a country, which once produced the finest orders in the World in past days But today the government has no "Feeling" for such stupid things like orders. The result is a cheap piece of metal with some plastics on it! greetings eitze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambolini Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 All German Army decorations and even the German Order of Merit are nothing but a shame for a country, which once produced the finest orders in the World in past days But today the government has no "Feeling" for such stupid things like orders. The result is a cheap piece of metal with some plastics on it! greetings eitze Hi, Well said and truly a shame. U.S. medals are not much better in quality and the U.S. military has gone "ribbon" happy long ago. Regards, Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Godet, Deschler, Steinhauer and Lueck will be turning in their graves !! :speechless: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ostprussenmann_new Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Godet, Deschler, Steinhauer and Lueck will be turning in their graves !! I would say this is like the US Army's Combat Action Badge or Combat Infantry Badge. It's for getting shot at I am am assuming. ostprussenmann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Are issued medals to be engraved with the soldiers details? Kevin in Deva :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danish Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Is this a NEW medal, or do you just get to add the clasp to your current medal? Ie may a recipient wear one for the mission and one for the combat action? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Godet, Deschler, Steinhauer and Lueck will be turning in their graves !! Not so fast.... S+L may well have made this... they long ago gravitaed to industrial era "craftmanship".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I think politically this had to be done as low key as possible.... boring design, same old ribbon, not to much cost.... average civilian/politician would not recognise it for anything other than the normal stuff... etc. etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Sort of a keep them in thier place move eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Does it come in a single class or 3 like the regular medal? Hello Frank, it is just one class (golden like the images). You get it if you are in a mission like ISAF AND if you are in a combat like "troops in contact". You earn this medal additionaly to your medal for ISAF-mission. Thanks Elvis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Are issued medals to be engraved with the soldiers details? Kevin in Deva Hello Kev, in my opinion it is not usually to engrave the medal, like they do it in the states. Cheers. Elvis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danish Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 So you may have one medal for ISAF and one medal for combat that are 100% the same, the only diffirence being the clasp? What if a german soldier have been deployed several places? May he then wear one Service Medal for ISAF and one for UNIFIL for example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eitze Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Hi, the combat medal is "painted" as you can see above and the standard medal isn`t. But technically it is the same medal design, because it is cheeeeeaper You can wear all the medals you have won. So it can look like this: greetings eitze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Hi, the combat medal is "painted" as you can see above and the standard medal isn`t. But technically it is the same medal design, because it is cheeeeeaper Hello eitze, sorry you are on the wrong way. The new "Einsatmedaille Gefecht" looks very similar to the standar "Einsatzmedialle", but they have to make another tool. Because the egale is smaller an for the colors they need an extra line between. So it is really stupid. If the spent the money for another tool, they could also change their hole design. But they don`t. Keep in touch. Elvis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 If the spent the money for another tool, they could also change their hole design. But they don`t. I think it is politics... Ball flach halten... approve the medal, but not something immediately recognisable... and the population will think "business as usual" and forget about it and the polemic surrounding it ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 That is a shame. They should have a different ribbon design at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacHel Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Bundeswehr medal designs aren't really important, they don't wear them. Even during my years in Germany with NATO, I never saw a single German allowed to wear his medals. Parades, official functions, weddings, name it! Undress ribbons only. I saw 2 German officers wear their minis ONCE at an embassy function and it was in Canada. I was on a NATO base working with many Luftwaffe colleagues in the very same shop, everytime there was a medal presentation of NATO or einsatzmedaillen, they'd look at us and say "another one for the bottom of the drawer". Quite sad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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