Vaterländischer Verdienstorden Silber (II. Stufe)

The silver class of the decoration resulted in a year fee of 500 Mark each year until 1973. From 1973 onwards, only one time a fee of 5000 Mark was received for an individual award and 1000 Mark for a group award. As from September 10th, 1987 until the reunification of Germany, the one time fee became 5000 Mark regardless if it was a personal or group decoration.