Vaterländischer Verdienstorden Bronze (III. Stufe)

The bronze class of the decoration resulted in a year fee of 250 Mark each year until 1973. From 1973 onwards, only one time a fee of 2500 Mark was received for an individual award and 500 Mark for a group award. As from September 10th, 1987 until the reunification of Germany, the one time fee became 2500 Mark regardless if it was a personal or group decoration.