Late 90s Germany. Here is what German Wikipedia has to say about it (my own translation): "In addition, the Zivildienstleistende had a claim to non-monetary be

Late 90s Germany. Here is what German Wikipedia has to say about it (my own translation): "In addition, the Zivildienstleistende had a claim to non-monetary benefits [..] the food allowance (maximum 7.20 Euro/Day = double food rate) was granted if the service office and the ZDL agreed to waive the right to non-monetary benefits in form of natural produce at the beginning of the time of service." [1] Zivildienstleistender = ZDL = conscientious objector Benefits in this context are strictly non-monetary claims (Sachbezüge) in contrast to monetary benefits which are discussed in the preceding paragraphs. I couldn't find the text of the original law from that time. It could have been Ersatzdienstgesetz, Zivildienstgesetz, Wehrsoldgesetz or any of the associated administrative regulations. The changes to these laws are all publicly available but I couldn't find complete older versions. There are many changes and they always contain lots of modifications to other unrelated laws. Changes from the relevant timeframe are published as scans of paper documents and not searchable. Unfortunately this makes the relevant paragraph really hard to find. Maybe someone reading this could give a hint... Also this would not answer questions about the history of the law but it would be a start to know the exact name and date of the law and more so the number of the paragraph. Skimming through the old documents reminded me of another curiosity: The law regulating alternative service talked a lot about death of the ZDL. Again this only makes sense when you know that the law was derived from the law governing military service. The law defined several levels of disability for service and death was just the highest level. [1] "Darüber hinaus hatte der Zivildienstleistende Anspruch auf Sachbezüge [..] das Verpflegungsgeld (maximal 7,20 Euro/Tag = doppelter Verpflegungssatz) wurde gewährt, wenn Dienststelle und ZDL bei Beginn der Zivildienstzeit einvernehmlich vereinbarten, auf Naturalien zu verzichten." https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zivildienst_in_Deutschland https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zivildienst_in_Deutschland