The Badge of Honor of the League of Civil Defense (Danish: Beredskabsforbundets Hæderstegn) was instituted in 1956 by King Frederik IX[4] and may be awarded to persons who have done noteworthy deeds for the Civil Defense cause, over a prolonged period of time (minimum 15 years).

[5] The medal is awarded by the President of the Danish Civil Defense Association, Beredskabsforbundet.

The first notion of a medal was on October 8, 1953, when the Association of Police Chiefs in Denmark wrote the Civil Defense Agency (later the Danish Emergency Management Agency), asking for in institution of an award to civilians who had made significant contribution to the police, for example in the creation of evacuation plans.

The Badge of Honour was established on the November 30th 1956 and was first awarded on June 17, on the birthday of hofjægermester Torben Foss.

The Civil Defense Association changed its name from CivilforsvarsForbundet to Beredskabsforbundet in the mid 2000s and on October 1, 2007, after petition from the Ministry of Defense, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II approved that the medal changed names from Civilforsvars-Forbundets Hæderstegn to Beredskabsforbundets Hæderstegn.