The medal was established on 1 December 1961, donated by the then president of parliament Rudolf Hanauer [de], as the necessity arose to honour long-serving members of parliament.

The inscription on the medal is "Bayerische Verfassung" (Bavarian constitution) with the Roman year figures MDCCCXVIII (1818), MCMXIX (1919) and MCMXLVI (1946), the obverse shows the Coat of arms of Bavaria.

[1] Many politicians received the medal, including Franz Götz and Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger.

The medal has been awarded also to artists such as ballerina Konstanze Vernon, and clerics such as Joseph Alois Ratzinger, the later pope.

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