German Flood Service Medal (2002)

German Flood Service Medal 2002
German Flood Service Medal 2002
Type	Service Medal
Awarded for	At least one day of service in relief work during the 2002 German Flood
Description	One class
Country	Germany
Presented by	Federal Ministries of the Interior and Defense
Eligibility	Members of the Bundeswehr, Bundesgrenzschutz, Technisches Hilfswerk, and civilians.
Established	20 September 2002
Ribbon bar of the medal

The German Flood Service Medal 2002 (German: Einsatzmedaille Fluthilfe 2002) is a decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The decoration was awarded to all German military members, foreign armed service members, civilian rescue forces and civilians, who had collaborated with the flood disaster relief efforts in Germany in the summer of 2002. It was approved for wear by the Minister of Defence, but was created by the Ministry of the Interior. The medal is awarded in the same class to all German soldiers regardless of rank. It is the only type of its kind in the German awards system. Some German federal states have created their own flood medals for its citizens, but The German Flood Service Medal 2002 is the first federally created flood decoration in Germany.