English Translation

(a) Divisions I and II (b) all groups including the Moravian Group. Subject: Proposals for the award of the medal commemorating the 1st of October l938 and the span "Prager Burg". Art. 3 of the Statute of the Medal commemourating the 1.0ktober 1938 of 18.10.1938 (RGBl. I p.1528) stipulates that the proposals for the presentation of this honorary sign are drawn up by the Minister of the Interior and submitted to the Presidential Chancellery of the Führer. The only exception to this applies to members of the Wehrmacht, for which the proposals are made by the head of the Oberkommando der Wehrmascht. Therefore, only the Reich Minister of the In- ner and the chief of the Hochkommandos der Wermacht and not the other Supreme Reich authorities are entitled to provide for this. This rule also applies to the proposals for the award of the span "Prager Burg". For the authority of the Reichsprotektar, including the Oberlandrats, the following applies: All groups have in the sense of the i.a.Rundschrifts of the l1.I.l940 Nr. I 3 -92 the necessary personnel data of officials and employees who are to be proposed for the award of the medal or braces - to be included in the forms previously sent.