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Vaterländischer Verdienstorden Gold (I. Stufe)

The gold class of the decoration resulted in a year fee of 1000 Mark each year until 1973. From 1973 onwards, only one time a fee of 10.000 Mark was received for an individual award and 2000 Mark for a group award. As from September 10th, 1987 until the reunification of Germany, the one time fee became 10.000 Mark regardless if it was a personal or group decoration.

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