Badge of Honor of the League of Civil Defense

History

Criteria

• Persons, who over a prolonged period of time, have done noteworthy work within the field of Civil Defense
• * This group may be volunteers and employees under the Civil Defense League
• * "A prolonged period of time" normally means at least 15 years
• * "Noteworthy work" means work above and beyond that of the average
• ** 5-6 medals may be given to this group annually
• Persons who in a special degree have made themselves noteworthy in their work for the Civil Defense cause
• * This may, for example, be fire chiefs who over a period of years have helped strengthen the use of volunteers
• ** 4-5 medals may be given to this group annually. The Danish Emergency Management Agency controls the use of 2 of these.
• Other persons who have done noteworthy work for the Civil Defense cause
• * This group is most often politicians and other public key-figures
• ** 1-3 medals may be given to this group annually

Notable recipients

• King Frederik IX, 1957
• Queen Ingrid, 1957
• Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, 1965
• Queen Margrethe II, 1974
• Prince Henrik, 1984
• Sir John Hodsoll, Senior NATO Advisor to the Committee on Civil Defense, 1959
• Fire Inspector Henrik Sunekær, 1992
• Fire Chief Carsten Iversen, Roskilde Brandvæsen, 2010
• MP :da:Bjarne Laustsen|Bjarne Laustsen, President, 2010
• Master Sergeant Jacob D. Madsen, Danish Emergency Management Agency, 2014
• Major Sune Schønnemann, Deputy Regional Commander, youngest recipient of the award, 2019