(14.29)
Price: 20.00 euro
Size: 24x9cm./9.4×3.5inch.
Soviet flag pole top. This sits on top of the pole were the flag is attached. Was used in parades.
A Soviet parade with the flag poles.
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Price: 1.50 euro
This pin was part of a Soviet uniform of the Medical Division.
Price: 1.50 euro
Little Soviet star pin. Was part of an uniform. It was put on shoulder epaulets of Soviet uniforms.
Price: 1.50 euro
Little tank pin. This pin was put on shoulder epaulets of tank troops.
Price: 3.00 euro
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Pin is about the Soyuz 33 Interkosmos space mission with Bulgaria.
Soyuz 33 was a 1979 Soviet manned space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the ninth mission to the orbiting facility, but an engine failure forced the mission to be aborted, and the crew had to return to earth before docking with the station. It was the first ever failure of a Soyuz engine during orbital operations.
The two-man crew, commander Nikolai Rukavishnikov and Bulgarian cosmonaut Georgi Ivanov, suffered a steep ballistic re entry, but were safely recovered. Rukavishnikov was the first civilian to command a Soviet spacecraft, and Ivanov the first Bulgarian in space.
Interkosmos was a Soviet space program, designed to help the Soviet Union’s allies with manned and unmanned space missions. The program included the allied east European nations of the Warsaw Pact and other socialist nations like Afghanistan, Cuba, Mongolia, and Vietnam. In addition, pro Soviet nations such as India and Syria participated, and even France and Austria, despite them being capitalist nations.
Nikolai Rukavishnikov and Georgi Ivanov
Nikolai Rukavishnikov and Georgi Ivanov
(40.20)
Price: 40.00 euro
Size: 5cm./1.9inch.
Medal from North Korea. Order of Honor of 2nd. class military service.
There are 3 types of the medal:
1st. Class (gold)
2nd. Class (Gold/Silver)
3rd. Class (Silver)
1st. Class
3rd. Class
Price: 1.50 euro
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Postcard about Victory Day 1967. The postcard says:”Happy Victory Day!”. Victory Day is for remembering the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany followed by a national holiday.
Shown is a war memorial and military cemetery in Berlin’s Treptower Park. The war memorial and military cemetery is in Berlin’s Treptower Park. It was built to the design of the Soviet architect Yakov Belopolsky to commemorate 7,000 of the 80,000 Soviet soldiers who fell in the Battle of Berlin in April–May 1945. It opened four years after World War II on May 8, 1949. The Memorial served as the central war memorial of East Germany. The soldier is Nikolai Masalov who is standing on a broken swastika and holding a child. In WWII Masalov saved a German girl who was seperated from her mother.
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard from Sovjet Russia.
Price: 1.50 euro
For sale on http://www.propagandaworld.org
Postcard from the Ukraine. It says:”Happy Holiday”.
(8.519)
Price: 25.00 euro
Size: 76.5x53cm./30.1×20.8inch.
Propaganda poster China from the 70’s.
Mao Zedong (1893-1976) was leader of communist China for decades. He made major transformations in China, most known are the Cultural Revolution (removal of kapitalist elements) and The Great Leap Forward (the industrialization of China).
One of Moa’s most trusted man, Lin Biao, collected quotations of Mao and published them wich would become known as The Red Book. Lin Biao was a chinese general and politician who commanded the troops in the Korean war. Later he got into a power struggle with Mao and he died in a planecrash.
Price: 1.00 euro
Size: 7.3x7cm./2.8×2.7inch.
Year: 1995
Minisheet, North Korea.
Price: 1.00 euro
Year: 1995
Minisheet from North Korea, 1995.
Price: 0.30 euro
Year: 1995
Stamp from North korea made in honour of the 1000ri long (250miles/400km.) journey Kim Il Sung has made on foot when he was 13 years old in 1922. He made the journey to protest the Japanese occupation by japan and did it in thirteen days.
Half the journey was on pathless track and he was exposed to wild beasts in the area. He went to a foreign country not to come back until Korea was an independed country.
Sometimes the jouney is used as a training exercise that challenges the limits of men but only by some troops such as the special forces or marines.
In 2008 a study tour for tracing the course of the 1,000-ri journey for national liberation made up of school youth and children from across the country came to a successful end.
Participants of the 250miles/400km. long journey.
Members of the study tour in 2008 are cheered by a large crowd on the streets.
(15.20)
(10.19)
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 13x9cm./5.1×3.1inch.
Weight: 97gr./3.4oz.
Pages: 244
Little red book with quotations of Mao.
Often the red books came in small editions so the Chinese people could easily carry it in a pocket to take it with them. So The Red Book was often called The Little Red Book.
The first edition of The Red Book appeared in 1964. In the book there are quotations of Mao Zedong. There were put together by Lin Biao. Lin Biao was a general under Mao’s rule and one of his most trusted friends.
During The Cultural Revolution they printed about 5-6 billion copies of this book. Making it the worlds second most printed book, the Bible being first. In The Cultural Revolution everybody in China was obligated to have and study The Little Red Book.
In 1966 they distributed the Red Book internationally in different languages.
Price: 0.25 euro
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Matchbox label from Soviet Russia featuring the Tsar Cannon. From late 50’s, early 60’s.
The Tsar Cannon is a large early modern period artillery piece (known as a bombarda in Russian) on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. It is a monument of Russian artillery casting art, cast in bronze in 1586 in Moscow, by the Russian master bronze caster Andrey Chokhov. Mostly of symbolic impact, it was never used in a war. However, the cannon bears traces of at least one firing. It is largest bombard by caliber in the world, and it is a major tourist attraction in the ensemble of the Moscow Kremlin.
The Tsar Cannon
Price: 0,25 euro
This label shows the main entrance of the Bahx Exhibition. The label is from late 50’s/early 60’s. The top of the label says:”Bahx” and below:”Main Entrance”.
This is a permanent exhibition in Russia about the achievements of national economy established in 1935 and started as an agricultural exhibition.
Now the exhibition holds 2,375,000 square meters (bigger than Monaco) with subjects such as: engineering, space, atomic energy, education, radio electronics and culture and has around 11 million visitors each year. It contains more than 400 buildings.
The main entrance of the permanent Bahx exhibition.
Price: 0,25 euro
Happy new year matchbox label from Soviet Russia From late 50’s/early 60’s. Shown is the Kremlin and a pinetree with snow.
(8.5.19)
Price: 10.00 euro
Weight: 67gr./2.3oz.
Space spoon from the Sovjet Union. This was made in1967s as a part of the space propaganda in the space race. The Sovjets had many propaganda surrounding there communistic political believes but also their space program. There is a wide range of propaganda space objects, such as clocks, watches, tableware, pins, posters and also this space spoon. An unique item.
Price: 1.50 euro
Sovjet pin from the cold war era.
СССР is a Russian abbreviation for the Soviet Union or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
The Soviet Union was a federal sovereign state in northern Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. Nominally a union of multiple national Soviet republics. The country was a one party state, governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital in its largest republic, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR).
It spanned over 10,000 kilometers (6,200 mi) east to west across 11 time zones, and over 7,200 kilometers (4,500 mi) north to south. Its territory included much of Eastern Europe, as well as part of Northern Europe and all of Northern and Central Asia. It had five climate zones: tundra, taiga, steppes, desert and mountains.
Price: 1.50 euro
Soviet pin with screw on the back. As a part of a uniform.
Price: 1.50 euro
Soviet pin with screw on the back. As a part of a uniform.
(11.19) (10.20(x14))
Price: 10.00 euro
Size box: 12x6cm./4.7×2.3inch.
Size medal: 3.2cm./1.25inch.
Weight: 63gr./2.2oz.
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
This is a medal for 20 years of service in the Combat Group Of The Working Class. There were 4 different medals for this purpose;
Bronze: 5 years of service (one stripe ribbon)
Silver: 10 years of service (two stripe ribbon)
Gold: 15 years of service (three stripe ribbon)
Gold: 20 years of service (gold dot ribbon)
The Combat Group Of The Working Class was a paramilitairy organization from 1953-1989 known as KDA (kampfgruppen Der Arbeiterklasse), to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. In it’s peak it contained 211.000 people in 1980.
All medals of the KDA
KDA troops in parade
KDA troops and armoured vehicles.
Flag of the KDA
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard from Soviet Russia. Victory Day.
Victory Day is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. It was first inaugurated in the 15 republics of the Soviet Union, following the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender German surrender. Late in the evening on 8 May 1945 (after midnight, thus on 9 May Moscow Time). The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin.
The surrender was signed twice. An initial document was signed in Reims on 7 May 1945 by the Western Allied Forces. Since the Soviet High Command had not agreed to the text of the surrender, the USSR requested that a second, revised, instrument of surrender be signed in Berlin. Joseph Stalin declared that the Soviet Union considered the Reims surrender a preliminary document, and Eisenhower immediately agreed with that. Another argument was that some German troops considered the Reims instrument of surrender as a surrender to the Western Allies only, and fighting continued in the East, especially in Prague.
A quote of Stalin:
“Today, in Reims, Germans signed the preliminary act on an unconditional surrender. The main contribution, however, was done by Soviet people and not by the Allies, therefore the capitulation must be signed in front of the Supreme Command of all countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, and not only in front of the Supreme Command of Allied Forces. Moreover, I disagree that the surrender was not signed in Berlin, which was the center of Nazi aggression. We agreed with the Allies to consider the Reims protocol as preliminary.”
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard from Soviet Russia.
Price: 1.50 euro
Sovjet postcard.
(8.519)
Price: 25.00 euro
Size: 76.5x53cm./30.1×20.8inch.
Propaganda poster China from the 70’s.
Mao Zedong (1893-1976) was leader of communist China for decades. He made major transformations in China, most known are the Cultural Revolution (removal of kapitalist elements) and The Great Leap Forward (the industrialization of China).
One of Moa’s most trusted man, Lin Biao, collected quotations of Mao and published them wich would become known as The Red Book. Lin Biao was a chinese general and politician who commanded the troops in the Korean war. Later he got into a power struggle with Mao and he died in a planecrash.
Price: 1.00 euro
Year: 1995
Minisheet from North Korea, 1995, about the 53rd. anniversary of Kim Jong Il .
Price: 1.00 euro
Year: 1995
Minisheet from North Korea, 1995, about the 53rd. anniversary of Kim Jong Il .
Price: 1.00 euro
Size: 10.3x6cm./4.05×2.3inch.
Year: 1995
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Minisheet, North Korea, 1995.
The minisheet is made about the reconstruction of the tomb of King Tangun. The first founder of Korea.
Tangun was the legendary founder and god king of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom. He is said to be the “grandson of heaven” and “son of a bear”, and to have founded the kingdom in 2333 BC.
North Korea’s leader Kim Il Sung said that Tangun was not merely a legend but a real historical person. North Korean archaeologists located the remains and grave of Tangun.
According to a publication by North Korea, the Mausoleum of Tangun is the burial site of the legendary Tangun. Tangun’s grave is shaped like a pyramid, about 22 m (72 ft) high and 50 m (164 ft) on each side.
Tomb of King Tangun
Tomb of King Tangun
Tomb of King Tangun
(15.20)
(10.19)
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 13×9.5cm./5.1×3.7inch.
Pages: 378
Red book of Mao with 378 pages. There are lots of pictures of Mao inside. This Red Book is in two languages. Chinees as well as English. So you can actually read it.
Often the Red Books came in small editions so the Chinese people could easily carry it in a pocket to take it with them. So The Red Book was often called The Little Red Book.
The first edition of The Red Book appeared in 1964. In the book there are quotations of Mao Zedong. There were put together by Lin Biao. Lin Biao was a general under Mao’s rule and one of his most trusted friends.
During The Cultural Revolution they printed about 5-6 billion copies of this book. Making it the worlds second most printed book, the Bible being first. In The Cultural Revolution everybody in China was obligated to have and study The Little Red Book.
In 1966 they distributed the Red Book internationally in different languages.
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label from Sovjet Russia featuring the state univerity of Mosow. The label is from end 50’s/early 80’s.
State university of Moscow
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label from Czechoslovakia. The label says:”Common housing“, and,
“The assumption of successful breeding and higher income of cooperatives”.
Label horizontal
Label vertical
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label from a yet (unknown) country. If you have information from what country this label is and what it means you get it for free!
(20.20)
(10.19)
Price: 20.00 euro
Record with speeches from Lenin recorded in 1919-1920.
The speeches were pressed by the Melodia record label. It was the only record label operating in the USSR beyond 1964 (the state had a number of record labels operating prior to 1964), but ceased to be state-owned when the USSR collapsed. Export releases were shipped with full colour sleeves and, at least, English translations while most domestic copies had generic paper sleeves.
Price: 1.50 euro
Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 were launched a day apart in 1962 on trajectories that brought the spacecraft within approximately 6.5 km (4.0 mi) of one another. The cosmonauts aboard the two capsules also communicated with each other via radio, the first ship-to-ship communications in space. These missions marked the first time that more than one crewed spacecraft was in orbit at the same time, giving Soviet mission controllers the opportunity to learn to manage this scenario.
During the first day in orbit of Vostok 3, the cosmonaut unstrapped himself from his seat and became the first spacefarer to float freely in conditions of microgravity in space.
The mission led Western observers to speculate that the Soviets must already have spacecraft capable of in-orbit maneuvering. Official press releases made no mention that the Vostok spacecraft lacked this ability or that the two Vostoks were able to attain such close approach due to their extremely precise launches.
Vostok 3 and 4 propaganda poster
Vostok 3 and 4 stamp
Price: 3.00 euro
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Pin made in the Soviet Union about Luna 3.
Luna 3 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1959 as part of the Luna programm. It was the first ever mission to photograph the far side of the Moon and the third Soviet space probe to be sent to the Moon. It returned rather poor pictures. The historic, never before seen views of the far side of the Moon caused excitement and interest when they were published around the world, and a tentative Atlas of the Far Side of the Moon was created after image processing improved the pictures.
The Luna 3 spacecraft
First picture of the far side of the moon
Price: 1.50 euro
This pin is about the state museum wich stands in Kaluga.
The Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics is the first museum in the world dedicated to the history of space exploration. It was opened in 1967 in Kaluga, and is named after Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, a school master and rocket science pioneer who lived most of his life in this city.
The building was designed by Boris Barkhin, Evgeny Kireev, Nataliya Orlova, Valentin Strogy and Kirill Fomin, and the cornerstone was laid by Yuri Gagarin on 13 June 1961. The museum has over 100,000 visitors per year.
The exposition of the museum consists of two parts. The first part is dedicated to the ideas and research of Tsiolkovsky, and shows a model of the rocket designed by Tsiolkovsky as well as copies of his scientific work. The second part contains mock-ups of space craft like Sputnik 1 and samples of moon dust. Just outside the museum is a rocket park, which contains amongst others a R-7 rocket.
State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics
A exhibition room in the museum
A rocket
Price: 1.50 euro
Soyuz 31 was a 1978 Soviet manned space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the seventh mission to and sixth successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 31 crew were the second to visit the long duration Soyuz 29 resident crew.
Soyuz 31 carried Valery Bykovsky and Sigmund Jahn, the first German cosmonaut, into space. They swapped Soyuz craft with the long duration crew and returned to earth in Soyuz 29, the resident crew returned to earth in Soyuz 31.
Soyuz 31 was the third Interkosmos flight.
Valery Bykovsky and Sigmund Jahn
(12.5.19)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size box: 12x6cm./4.7×2.3inch.
Size medal: 3.5cm./1.3inch.
Weight: 70gr./2.4oz.
The Medal for Exemplary Border Service was a national award issued in the DDR. It was established in 1954. The first presentation ceremony took place on 1 July 1954, to members of the German Border Police.
The medal was awarded to members of the Border Troops of the DDR as well as civilians for exemplary performance and personal commitment in securing the state border of the DDR. It recognized outstanding contributions in enhancing the combat readiness and training in the performance of border guard tasks. It could be awarded more than one time.
It could also be presented immediately after the accomplished performance, such as the prevention of a break through at the border, even if it resulted in death of the escapee. The medal was also presented to members of the Stasi.
There are 3 types of this medal. The first type was awarded from 1954 to 1955 and had stalks of wheat which terminate with the inscription DDR, and the text:”“Für Vorbildlichen Grenzdienst” (For Exemplary Border Service). On the backside there was a serial number. The 2nd. type was the same but with no serial number on the backside (1955-1956).
The third type of this medal was worn from 1956 to 1990. The design was changed, on the medal is a border guard holding binoculars in his hands and a machine gun slung across his chest. The reverse of the medal displays the Coat of Arms of the DDR. This version of the medal is also not numbered on the reverse.
First type
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard, Soviet Union, about the 9th.1945 of May when Nazi Germany surrended to the Soviet Union. It is in Ukranian language. The postcard says:”50 years. Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Program of the concert.”
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard, Soviet Union, about the 9th.1945 of May when Nazi Germany surrended to the Soviet Union.
Shown on the card is The Order Of The Great Patriotic War Medal with it’s inscription:”Patriotic War”. Beneath that the card says:”Happy Victory Day”.
Price: 1.50 euro
Postcard, Soviet Union, 1972 about the 9th. of May when Nazi Germany surrended to the Soviet Union.
Shown on the card is The Order Of The Great Patriotic War Medal with it’s inscription:”Patriotic War”. Beneath that the card says:”9 May Victory Day”.
(8.519)
Price: 25.00 euro
Size: 76.5x53cm./30.1×20.8inch.
Propaganda poster China from the 70’s.
Mao Zedong (1893-1976) was leader of communist China for decades. He made major transformations in China, most known are the Cultural Revolution (removal of kapitalist elements) and The Great Leap Forward (the industrialization of China).
One of Moa’s most trusted man, Lin Biao, collected quotations of Mao and published them wich would become known as The Red Book. Lin Biao was a chinese general and politician who commanded the troops in the Korean war. Later he got into a power struggle with Mao and he died in a planecrash.
Price: 0.25 euro
Year: 1995
Stamp from North Korea, 1995.
Price: 2.00 euro
Year: 1995
Complete set of stamps from North Korea, 1995, stamped. It i sabout the reconstruction of the tomb of King Tangun. The first founder of Korea.
Dangun was the legendary founder and god king of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom. He is said to be the “grandson of heaven” and “son of a bear”, and to have founded the kingdom in 2333 BC.
North Korea’s leader Kim Il Sung insisted that Dangun was not merely a legend but a real historical person. As consequence, North Korean archaeologists were compelled to locate the purported remains and grave of Dangun.
According to a publication by North Korea, the Mausoleum of Dangun is the alleged burial site of the legendary Dangun. Dangun’s grave is shaped like a pyramid, about 22 m (72 ft) high and 50 m (164 ft) on each side.
Many observers and historians outside of North Korea, including South Korea, consider the site controversial.
Tomb of King Tangun
Tomb of King Tangun
Tomb of King Tangun
(1.20)
Price: 1.00 euro
Year: 1995
Stamps from North Korea, 1995, lighthouses, stamped.
(110.20)
(80.19)
Price: 110.00 euro
Size: 5cm./2inch.
Unique Laika pocketwatch. Made from metal. Wind up watch. In very good condition. Tested and runs very well. With an picture of Laika. First dog in space in 1957.
Laika was a Soviet space dog who became the first animal in space, and the first animal to orbit the Earth. Laika, a stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, was selected to be the occupant of the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 that was launched into outer space in 1957. Soviet scientists chose to use Moscow straydogs since they assumed that such animals had already learned to endure conditions of extreme cold and hunger.
Little was known about the impact of spaceflight on living creatures at the time of Laika’s mission. Some scientists believed humans would be unable to survive the launch or the conditions of outer space, so engineers viewed flights by animals as a necessary precursor to human missions. The experiment aimed to prove that a living passenger could survive being launched into orbit paving the way for human spaceflight and providing scientists with some of the first data on how living organisms react to spaceflight environments.
Laika
Laika on a matchbox label
Laika on a postcard with Sputnik 1, 2 and 3
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label from the Soviet Unie. From late 50’s, early 60’s.
Price: 0.25 euro
Matchbox label showing the building of the Moscow Council of deputies of workers (constructed by M.Kazakovym, 1782-1784). The label is from late 50’s/early 60’s.
Price: 0.25 euro
A matchbox label from Belarus, 1960. On the right hand side it says:”Minsk”. The building is (yet) unknown.
(18.19)
(10.19)
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 10.5×7.5cm./4.1×2.9inch.
Pages: 363
Little red book with quotations of Mao. Published in 1968.
Often the red books came in small editions so the Chinese people could easily carry it in a pocket to take it with them. So The Red Book was often called The Little Red Book.
The first edition of The Red Book appeared in 1964. In the book there are quotations of Mao Zedong. There were put together by Lin Biao. Lin Biao was a general under Mao’s rule and one of his most trusted friends.
During The Cultural Revolution they printed about 5-6 billion copies of this book. Making it the worlds second most printed book, the Bible being first. In The Cultural Revolution everybody in China was obligated to have and study The Little Red Book.
In 1966 they distributed the Red Book internationally in different languages.
Price: 1.50 euro
This pin is about the Bahx ehibition. This is a permanent exhibition in Russia about the achievements of national economy established in 1935 as an agricultural exhibition.
Now the exhibition holds 2,375,000 square meters (bigger than Monaco) with subjects such as: engineering, space, atomic energy, education, radio electronics and culture and has around 11 million visitors each year. It contains more than 400 buildings.
Entrance
Space pavillion.
Central pavillion.
Atomic energy building.
Bahx exhibition centre.
Price: 1.50 euro
Soyuz 30 was a 1978 manned Soviet space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. And the 2nd. Interkosmos mission. It was the sixth mission to and fifth successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 30 crew were the first to visit the long duration Soyuz 29 resident crew.
Soyuz 30 carried Pyotr Klimuk and Mirosław Hermaszewski, the first Polish cosmonaut.
Pyotr Klimuk and Mirosław Hermaszewski
Soyuz 30 landing capsule at the Museum of Polish Military Technology in Warsaw
Pyotr Klimuk and Mirosław Hermaszewski
Price: 1.50 euro
Pin from Soviet Union. Purpose and building unknown. Could be an observatory or planetarium.
Price: 3.00 euro
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Soyuz 36 was a 1980 Soviet manned space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the 11th mission to and ninth successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 36 crew were the first to visit the long duration Soyuz 35 resident crew.
Soyuz 36 carried Valery Kubasov and Bertalan Farkas, the first Hungarian cosmonaut, into space. They swapped Soyuz craft with the long duration crew and returned to earth in Soyuz 35; a later crew used their craft to return to Earth.
The flight was the fifth Intercosmos flight whereby guest cosmonauts from Soviet allied nations would visit the space station, typically for about a week. The flight was only the second time a Soviet mission had a civilian commander.
Bertalan Farkas and Valery Kubasov
Launch of Soyuz 36
Price: 12.50 euro
Weight: 65gr./2.2oz.
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The Distinguished Service Medal of the National People’s Army, or “Medal of Merit of the National People’s Army”.
Established in 1956 in three levels, Gold, Silver and Bronze. It was awarded for outstanding merit and personal readiness in support of the increase of combat capability and combat readiness of the National People’s Army in the DDR. The medal was last awarded in 1990.
The medal was designed by artist Paul Gensch. On the front are profiles of the busts of a 1950s era sailor, airman, and soldier representing the nation’s Land, Air, and Naval forces, under which is spelled out “DDR”. On each side of this are three oak leaves with an acorn. The words FÜR HERVORRAGENDE VERDIENSTE (FOR OUTSTANDING MERIT) form the upper part of the medal, the lower part contain the words NATIONALE VOLKSARMEE (NATIONAL PEOPLE’S ARMY).
On the reverse side are the state coat of arms of East Germany, surrounded with the words FÜR DEN SCHUTZ DER ARBEITER UND BAUERN MACHT (FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE WORKERS AND FARMERS POWER) surrounded by two branches of laurel.
The Bronze, Silver and Gold edition.
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