Bundesrepublik Einsatzmedaille Gefecht

[Elvis]

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

[Elvis]

The open box .....

Elvis

[Elvis]

Frontside view

Elvis

[Elvis]

And here is the backside.

Elvis

[army historian]

So is this like getting an Iron Cross now? Nice medal Elvis. Cheers Captain Albert

[Naxos]

So is this like getting an Iron Cross now?

No, for an IC more than attendance in a firefight was required.

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[dond]

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.

[TacHel]

Does it come in a single class or 3 like the regular medal?

[eitze]

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

[sambolini]

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

[Robin Lumsden]

Godet, Deschler, Steinhauer and Lueck will be turning in their graves !! :speechless:

[ostprussenmann_new]

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

[Kev in Deva]

Are issued medals to be engraved with the soldiers details?

Kevin in Deva :cheers:

[Danish]

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?

[Chris Boonzaier]

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"....

[Chris Boonzaier]

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...

[dond]

Sort of a keep them in thier place move eh?

[Elvis]

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

[Elvis]

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

[Danish]

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?

[eitze]

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

[Elvis]

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

[Chris Boonzaier]

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 ...

[Paul R]

That is a shame. They should have a different ribbon design at some point.

[TacHel]

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...