Talk:German Flood Service Medal (2002)

Non-military decoration
This decoration is not military. I, a civilian, was awarded this decoration after the flood in 2002 as where thousands of other cilivians. Also, it was established by the Ministry of the Interior, not the Ministry of Defence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.183.159.46 (talk) 15:03, 16 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Who cares if it was established by Ministry of the Interior and not the Ministry of Defence! The Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund is not part of the Ministry of Defence, but BW personel are still allowed to wear the sports badge on the dress uniform. Thousands of civilian are awarded the sports badge every year also, so are you now going to say that it's not a offical military decoration when worn by the BW? Because civilian are awarded it also? --EHDI5YS (talk) 02:22, 27 September 2008 (UTC)


 * My opinion is that military decorations have been created to be awarded to armed forces personell. I'm trying to say that this decoration is not a military decoration, and it is not called "German Armed Forced Flood Service Medal," but simply "Flood Service Medal 2002." It is also listed as one of the military decorations on the "Bundeswehr" article but it is not military in this sense. Of course, German soldiers are allowed to wear many more decorations than the ones established by the Defense Ministry. And some military decorations may be awarded to civilians but still that doesn't make them civilian. German soldiers have been awarded the Victoria Cross but that doesn't make the Victoria Cross German. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.54.37.112 (talk) 09:01, 17 October 2008 (UTC)


 * To say that the Victoria Cross was ever awarded to a German soldier is false. The only two people that come close were William Johnstone & Charles Wooden who were of German nationality yes, but at the time of being awarded the VC in fact were part of British military, during the Crimean War in 1854. You could have made a better point by using the US Legion of Merit or even the US Army Commendation or Achievement medals, at less they have been awarded to an active BW personal unlike the VC. --EHDI5YS (talk) 00:21, 3 December 2008 (UTC)


 * OK, I didn't do any research on this, for some reason, I believed that the VC had been awarded to a German soldier. I probably confused it with this story (in German): A German soldier was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service on 20 June 2007 for saving the lives of two British officers in Afghanistan. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.226.86.72 (talk) 01:35, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

I think it kind of funny that used this story, did you look close at the BW Maj? He has the German Armed Forces Flood Service Medal on his ribbon rack. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.6.84.111 (talk) 16:34, 23 December 2008 (UTC)


 * What is BW Maj? I don't get it. So, are we going to rename this article and remove "Armed Forces"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.54.39.210 (talk) 00:53, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

BW is the shortened way of saying Bundeswehr, Maj is the shortened title of a Major. --Dandvsp (talk) 00:23, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I definitely think the article needs to be renamed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.54.34.55 (talk) 15:03, 10 December 2009 (UTC)