Bavaria Bavarian Gold Bravery Medal group...

[OTTER76]

Photoshop THIS!

Looking gorgeous Chris! one has to love that patina, lucky fellow.

[spolei]

Hello Chris:

An excellent question. Based upon what I have seen, recipients were not guaranteed a civil service job, but if they were qualified, I believe that it certainly helped during the 3rd Reich to have been a MVM/TKM recipient. I have seen cases of many recipients who went on to become civil servants, and some who did not.

Keep in mind however, if you were from a Jewish family and a TKM recipient, you were lucky if you were aloud to leave the country in the late 1930's. I have also seen the cases of political enemies of the State who were MVM/TKM recipients who were sent to Dachau for a few months to let them think about how erroneous their socialist ideals and activities were. I know of one Silber MVM/TKM recipient who was sent there twice!

Best regards

Hello,

the winner of the bravery-medal had been prefered for official jobs. They got a little pension ( silver 5 Mark, gold 10 Mark), but in the time of the great depression it was also 10 Mark.

My relative ( winner of the silver Medal) had been a worker at a cemetery before 1914. After the war he startet as a policeman, then he became a civil servant at City Hall.

He quits in August 1945 and loose his pension, because he was member of the NSDAP, as any official.

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hello,

the winner of the bravery-medal had been prefered for official jobs. They got a little pension ( silver 5 Mark, gold 10 Mark), but in the time of the great depression it was also 10 Mark.

So... i hear you have something planned for this weekend :-)

[spolei]

So... i hear you have something planned for this weekend :-)

Hello Chris,

you have very good ears.

That will be a holliday for my collection.

regards Andreas

Edited October 9, 2013 by spolei

[Chris Boonzaier]

Not part of the group, but belonging too the theme....

[Stogieman]

Beautiful Group Chris! I had a SBM to a Baker, including his stein. Huge lot of papers, award documents, etc.

[Stogieman]

I just found my archive photos of the SBM group. Let me know if anyone wants to see the group and I'll start a new thread.

[Chris Boonzaier]

11 hours ago, Stogieman said:

I just found my archive photos of the SBM group. Let me know if anyone wants to see the group and I'll start a new thread.

Yeah man! Go for it!!!

[dond]

I concur.