Price: 1.50 euro
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org

Pin made in the DDR with the images of Karl Marx and Lenin.

Price: 1.50 euro
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org

Pin made in the DDR with the images of Karl Marx, Engels and Lenin.

Price: 2.00 euro
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org

Pin made in the DDR with the image of Karl Marx. The pictures can’t quite capture it but it is a beautiful made pin. The image of Karl Amrx in negative and with a thick layer of plastic on it.

Price: 5.00 euro
Size box: 8x6cm./3.1×2.3inch.
Weight: 35gr./1.2oz.
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Pin made in the DDR in it’s original box. The text on the pin reads:”Volunteer Helper DVP”. The Deutsche Volkspolizei (DVP, German for “German People’s Police”) was the national police force of the German Democratic Republic from 1945 to 1990. The Volkspolizei was a highly-centralized agency responsible for most civilian law enforcement in East Germany, maintaining 257.500 personnel at its peak.

Price: 5.00 euro
Size box: 7x5cm./2.7×1.9inch.
Weight: 27gr./1oz.
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org

Pin made in the DDR. The text at the top of the pin reads:”Honor”, and the text below:”For merits in socialist education”.

Price: 5.00 euro
Size box: 7x5cm./2.7×1.9inch.
Size pin: 4.3×3.4cm./1.6×1.3inch.
Weight: 28gr./1oz.
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org

Pin made in the DDR by the FDJ organisation. The Free German Youth, also known as the FDJ (in German Freie Deutsche Jugend), is a youth movement in Germany. Formerly it was the official youth movement of the DDR and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The color blue was their primary colour.
The organization was meant for young people, both male and female, between the ages of 14 and 25. In 1981 it had 2.3 million members. After being a member of the Thalmann Pioneers, which was for schoolchildren ages 6 to 14, East German youths would usually join the FDJ. Those who did not join lost access to organized holidays, and found it difficult to be admitted to universities, pursue chosen careers etc. The majority of youths who refused to join did so for religious reasons.
While the movement was intended to promote Marxist–Leninist ideology among East Germany’s young people, it also arranged thousands of holidays for young people through its Jugendtourist agency, and ran discos and open air rock concerts.

Price: 5.00 euro
Size box: 7x5cm./2.7×1.9inch.
Size pin: 4.2×2.9cm./1.6×1.1inch.
Weight: 28gr./0.9oz.
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org

Pin made in the DDR.

Price: 15.00 euro
Size box: 7x5cm./2.7×1.9inch.
Size pin: 3.5cm./1,3inch.
Weight: 38gr./1.2oz.
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org

Pin made in the DDR. The text on the pin reads:”Discipline, Order Safety”. The pin was made by the state owned railways. In it’s original box.

Price: 3.50 euro
Size box: 8×6.5cm./3.1×2.5inch.
Size pin: 3.5cm./1,3inch.
Weight: 36gr./1.2oz.
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org

Pin DDR for 30 years of participation of the FDJ, the Free German Youth Organisation.
The Free German Youth, also known as the FDJ (in German Freie Deutsche Jugend), is a youth movement in Germany. Formerly it was the official youth movement of the DDR and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The color blue was their primary colour.
The organization was meant for young people, both male and female, between the ages of 14 and 25. In 1981 it had 2.3 million members. After being a member of the Thalmann Pioneers, which was for schoolchildren ages 6 to 14, East German youths would usually join the FDJ. Those who did not join lost access to organized holidays, and found it difficult to be admitted to universities, pursue chosen careers etc. The majority of youths who refused to join did so for religious reasons.
While the movement was intended to promote Marxist–Leninist ideology among East Germany’s young people, it also arranged thousands of holidays for young people through its Jugendtourist agency, and ran discos and open air rock concerts.

Price: 3.00 euro
Weight: 19gr./0.6oz.

Pin made in the DDR in it’s original box. This is the silver edition.

Price: 3.00 euro
Weight: 19gr./0.6oz.

Pin made in the DDR in it’s original box. This is the gold edition.

Price: 1.50 euro
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org

Pin made in the DDR. The letters IF stands for Interflug. Interflug was the national airline of the German Democratic Republic from 1963 to 1990. Based in East Berlin, it operated scheduled and chartered flights to European and intercontinental destinations out of its hub at Berlin Schönefeld Airport. Following German reunification, the company was liquidated.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 2.5x1cm./0.9×0.3inch.

DDR pin with an oak leaf. Often awarded as a sport classification for adults in bronze, silver and gold”.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 2x1cm./0.7×0.3inch.
Year: 1982

Pin from the DDR blue edition, 1971. These kind of pins were awarded to children at schools in the DDR for successful proof of basic knowledge in the context of traffic education. The badge was common for generations of schoolchildren from 1969 onwards and usually the decoration of a lifetime. The main focus was on road safety when using the bicycle. Before the acceptance of the “Golden One” there were separate “traffic gardens” or built-up courses.

Price: 1.50 euro

DDR Pin Blue Edition 1977. These kind of pins were awarded to children at schools in the DDR for successful proof of basic knowledge in the context of traffic education. The badge was common for generations of schoolchildren from 1969 onwards and usually the decoration of a lifetime. The main focus was on road safety when using the bicycle. Before the acceptance of the “Golden One” there were separate “traffic gardens” or built-up courses.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin DDR red edition 1980. These kind of pins were awarded to children at schools in the DDR for successful proof of basic knowledge in the context of traffic education. The badge was common for generations of schoolchildren from 1969 onwards and usually the decoration of a lifetime. The main focus was on road safety when using the bicycle. Before the acceptance of the “Golden One” there were separate “traffic gardens” or built-up courses.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin DDR from the FDGB organisation.
The Free German Trade Union Federation (German: Freier Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund or FDGB), was the sole national trade union centre of the DDR which existed from 1946 and 1990. As a mass organisation of the DDR, nominally representing all workers in the country, the FDGB was a constituent member of the National Front. The leaders of the FDGB were also senior members of the ruling Socialist Unity Party.
Officially, membership in the FDGB was voluntary, but unofficially it was hardly possible to develop a career without joining. In 1986, 98% of all workers and employees were organized in the FDGB, which had 9.6 million members. This meant that it was nominally one of the world’s largest trade unions.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin DDR from the FDGB organisation.
The Free German Trade Union Federation (German: Freier Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund or FDGB), was the sole national trade union centre of the DDR which existed from 1946 and 1990. As a mass organisation of the DDR, nominally representing all workers in the country, the FDGB was a constituent member of the National Front. The leaders of the FDGB were also senior members of the ruling Socialist Unity Party.
Officially, membership in the FDGB was voluntary, but unofficially it was hardly possible to develop a career without joining. In 1986, 98% of all workers and employees were organized in the FDGB, which had 9.6 million members. This meant that it was nominally one of the world’s largest trade unions.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin DDR from the FDGB organisation.
The Free German Trade Union Federation (German: Freier Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund or FDGB), was the sole national trade union centre of the DDR which existed from 1946 and 1990. As a mass organisation of the DDR, nominally representing all workers in the country, the FDGB was a constituent member of the National Front. The leaders of the FDGB were also senior members of the ruling Socialist Unity Party.
Officially, membership in the FDGB was voluntary, but unofficially it was hardly possible to develop a career without joining. In 1986, 98% of all workers and employees were organized in the FDGB, which had 9.6 million members. This meant that it was nominally one of the world’s largest trade unions.

Price: 2.50 euro
Year: 1958

Old pin from the DDR to commorate 9 years of DDR.

Price: 2.50 euro
Size: 3x1cm./1.1×0.3inch.
Year: 1964

Pin made in the DDR, 1964, for the 13th. anniversary of the state.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 2x1cm./0.7×0.3inch.

Pin made in the DDR during the cold war era. A Soviet/DDR friendship pin.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 2x1cm./0.7×0.3inch.
Year: 1982

Pin from the DDR green edition. These kind of pins were awarded to children at schools in the DDR for successful proof of basic knowledge in the context of traffic education. The badge was common for generations of schoolchildren from 1969 onwards and usually the decoration of a lifetime. The main focus was on road safety when using the bicycle. Before the acceptance of the “Golden One” there were separate “traffic gardens” or built-up courses.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 1.5×1.5cm./0.5×0.5inch.

Pin from the DSF organisation.
The Society for German–Soviet Friendship (in German, Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft/DSF) was an East German organization set up to encourage closer co-operation between the German Democratic Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
It was founded as the Society for the Studies of Soviet Culture to teach about Russian culture to Germans unfamiliar with it. It quickly turned into a propaganda tool and eventually changed its name.
Due to the immense popularity of Mikhail Gorbachev with ordinary East Germans disillusioned with their own hardline Communist leaders, the DSF’s membership grew massively in the last years of the regime which many interpret as a sign of support of Gorbachev’s glasnost and perestroika. In 1989 there were 6.3 million members.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 1.5×1.5cm./0.5×0.5inch.

Pin from the DSF organisation.
The Society for German–Soviet Friendship (in German, Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft/DSF) was an East German organization set up to encourage closer co-operation between the German Democratic Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
It was founded as the Society for the Studies of Soviet Culture to teach about Russian culture to Germans unfamiliar with it. It quickly turned into a propaganda tool and eventually changed its name.
Due to the immense popularity of Mikhail Gorbachev with ordinary East Germans disillusioned with their own hardline Communist leaders, the DSF’s membership grew massively in the last years of the regime which many interpret as a sign of support of Gorbachev’s glasnost and perestroika. In 1989 there were 6.3 million members.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 1.5×1.5cm./0.5×0.5inch.

Pin from the DSF organisation.
The Society for German–Soviet Friendship (in German, Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft/DSF) was an East German organization set up to encourage closer co-operation between the German Democratic Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
It was founded as the Society for the Studies of Soviet Culture to teach about Russian culture to Germans unfamiliar with it. It quickly turned into a propaganda tool and eventually changed its name.
Due to the immense popularity of Mikhail Gorbachev with ordinary East Germans disillusioned with their own hardline Communist leaders, the DSF’s membership grew massively in the last years of the regime which many interpret as a sign of support of Gorbachev’s glasnost and perestroika. In 1989 there were 6.3 million members.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 2×1.5cm./0.7×0.5inch.

Pin DDR from the FDGB organisation.
The Free German Trade Union Federation (German: Freier Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund or FDGB), was the sole national trade union centre of the DDR which existed from 1946 and 1990. As a mass organisation of the DDR, nominally representing all workers in the country, the FDGB was a constituent member of the National Front. The leaders of the FDGB were also senior members of the ruling Socialist Unity Party.
Officially, membership in the FDGB was voluntary, but unofficially it was hardly possible to develop a career without joining. In 1986, 98% of all workers and employees were organized in the FDGB, which had 9.6 million members. This meant that it was nominally one of the world’s largest trade unions.

Price: 2.00 euro
Size: 2x2cm./0.7inch.

Pin DDR from the FDGB organisation.
The Free German Trade Union Federation (German: Freier Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund or FDGB), was the sole national trade union centre of the DDR which existed from 1946 and 1990. As a mass organisation of the DDR, nominally representing all workers in the country, the FDGB was a constituent member of the National Front. The leaders of the FDGB were also senior members of the ruling Socialist Unity Party.
Officially, membership in the FDGB was voluntary, but unofficially it was hardly possible to develop a career without joining. In 1986, 98% of all workers and employees were organized in the FDGB, which had 9.6 million members. This meant that it was nominally one of the world’s largest trade unions.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 1.7×1.5cm./0.6×0.5inch.

Pin DDR from the FDGB organisation.
The Free German Trade Union Federation (German: Freier Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund or FDGB), was the sole national trade union centre of the DDR which existed from 1946 and 1990. As a mass organisation of the DDR, nominally representing all workers in the country, the FDGB was a constituent member of the National Front. The leaders of the FDGB were also senior members of the ruling Socialist Unity Party.
Officially, membership in the FDGB was voluntary, but unofficially it was hardly possible to develop a career without joining. In 1986, 98% of all workers and employees were organized in the FDGB, which had 9.6 million members. This meant that it was nominally one of the world’s largest trade unions.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 1.5cm./0.5inch.

Pin DDR from the FDGB organisation.
The Free German Trade Union Federation (German: Freier Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund or FDGB), was the sole national trade union centre of the DDR which existed from 1946 and 1990. As a mass organisation of the DDR, nominally representing all workers in the country, the FDGB was a constituent member of the National Front. The leaders of the FDGB were also senior members of the ruling Socialist Unity Party.
Officially, membership in the FDGB was voluntary, but unofficially it was hardly possible to develop a career without joining. In 1986, 98% of all workers and employees were organized in the FDGB, which had 9.6 million members. This meant that it was nominally one of the world’s largest trade unions.

Price: 2.50 euro
Size: 4x3cm./1.5×1.1inch.
Year: 1958

Pin made in the DDR. It says:”10 Years Pioneer Organisation” of the Young Pioneers. The pin is made in 1958.
The Ernst Thalmann Pioneer Organisation, consisting of the Young Pioneers and the Thälmann Pioneers, was a youth organisation of schoolchildren aged 6 to 14. They were named after Ernst Thälmann, the former leader of the Communist Party of Germany who was executed at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
The group was a subdivision of the Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ, Free German Youth), East Germany’s youth movement. It was founded in 1948 and broke apart in 1989 on German reunification. From the 1960s and 1970s, nearly all schoolchildren between ages 6 and 14 were organised into Young Pioneer or Thälmann Pioneer groups.
The pioneer group was loosely based on Scouting, but organised in such a way as to teach schoolchildren aged 6 – 14 socialist ideology and prepare them for the Freie Deutsche Jugend, the FDJ. Its organisation was similar to Scouting and other such organisations. Afternoons spent at the pioneer group mainly consisted of a mixture of adventure, myth-like socialist teaching and the upkeep of revolutionary traditions.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 2×1.5cm./0.7×0,5inch.

Pin from the DDR and the FDJ organisation. “Gold” edition.
The Free German Youth, also known as the FDJ (in German Freie Deutsche Jugend), is a youth movement in Germany. Formerly it was the official youth movement of the DDR and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The color blue was their primary colour.
The organization was meant for young people, both male and female, between the ages of 14 and 25. In 1981 it had 2.3 million members. After being a member of the Thalmann Pioneers, which was for schoolchildren ages 6 to 14, East German youths would usually join the FDJ. Those who did not join lost access to organized holidays, and found it difficult to be admitted to universities, pursue chosen careers etc. The majority of youths who refused to join did so for religious reasons.
While the movement was intended to promote Marxist–Leninist ideology among East Germany’s young people, it also arranged thousands of holidays for young people through its Jugendtourist agency, and ran discos and open air rock concerts.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 2cm./0.7inch.
Year: 1961

Pin made in the DDR for celebrating 12 years of DDR. The pin is made in 1961.
The DDR was a state that existed from 1949 to 1990, when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Commonly described as a communist state, it described itself as a socialist workers and peasants’ state.
After WWII the Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin but did not include it; as a result, West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the DDR.
Soviet forces remained in the country throughout the Cold War. Until 1989. The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Construction of the Wall was commenced by the DDR on 13 August 1961. The Wall cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, accompanied by a wide area (later known as the “death strip”) that contained anti-vehicle trenches, “fakir beds” and other defenses. The Eastern Bloc portrayed the Wall as protecting its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the “will of the people” in building a socialist state in East Germany.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 2cm./0.7inch.

Pin from the Sport and Technology Association (GST). The pin is made of plastic.
The Sport and Technology Association was established in 1952 and ended in 1990. In 1988 it had 600.000 members. It was one of the East German “Mass Orgganizationss”. It was established to structure the free time of young people interested in sports and technology in group activities.
Each member was asked to bring in their technological equipment such as, motorcycles, aircraft, radios, and to pratice sports and participate in competitions such as motorraces and shooting. The association worked closely with the National People’s Army (NVA) in order to give children a pre militairy and discipline training.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 3cm./1.1inch.

This pin was made for the DFD women’s organisation. The pin came in three classes; gold, silver and bronze. On the front thre is the logo and the text on the back reads:”For Special Services”.
The Democratic Women’s League of Germany (DFD) was the mass women’s organisation in East Germany. It was established in March 1947 and had the following official aims: Removal of fascist ideas, Education for women, Equal rights, Fair social living conditions, Education of children in the spirit of humanism and peace and Co-operation with the international women’s movement. The organisation ended in 1990 and had 1.5 million members.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 2×1.5cm./0.7×0.5inch.

Pin from the DDR from the Ernst Thalmann/Young Pioneers organisation. “Junger Tourist” (Young Tourist) gold edition. Junger Tourist held activities in the great outdoors such as camping, orientation in the area, determination of the native flora and fauna, etc.
The Ernst Thalmann Pioneer Organisation, consisting of the Young Pioneers and the Thälmann Pioneers, was a youth organisation of schoolchildren aged 6 to 14. They were named after Ernst Thälmann, the former leader of the Communist Party of Germany who was executed at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
The group was a subdivision of the Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ, Free German Youth), East Germany’s youth movement. It was founded in 1948 and broke apart in 1989 on German reunification. From the 1960s and 1970s, nearly all schoolchildren between ages 6 and 14 were organised into Young Pioneer or Thälmann Pioneer groups.
The pioneer group was loosely based on Scouting, but organised in such a way as to teach schoolchildren aged 6 – 14 socialist ideology and prepare them for the Freie Deutsche Jugend, the FDJ. Its organisation was similar to Scouting and other such organisations. Afternoons spent at the pioneer group mainly consisted of a mixture of adventure, myth-like socialist teaching and the upkeep of revolutionary traditions.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 2×1.5cm./0.7×0.5inch.

Pin from the DDR from the Ernst Thalmann/Young Pioneers organisation. “Junger Tourist” (Young Tourist) silver edition. Junger Tourist held activities in the great outdoors such as camping, orientation in the area, determination of the native flora and fauna, etc.
The Ernst Thalmann Pioneer Organisation, consisting of the Young Pioneers and the Thälmann Pioneers, was a youth organisation of schoolchildren aged 6 to 14. They were named after Ernst Thälmann, the former leader of the Communist Party of Germany who was executed at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
The group was a subdivision of the Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ, Free German Youth), East Germany’s youth movement. It was founded in 1948 and broke apart in 1989 on German reunification. From the 1960s and 1970s, nearly all schoolchildren between ages 6 and 14 were organised into Young Pioneer or Thälmann Pioneer groups.
The pioneer group was loosely based on Scouting, but organised in such a way as to teach schoolchildren aged 6 – 14 socialist ideology and prepare them for the Freie Deutsche Jugend, the FDJ. Its organisation was similar to Scouting and other such organisations. Afternoons spent at the pioneer group mainly consisted of a mixture of adventure, myth-like socialist teaching and the upkeep of revolutionary traditions.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 2×1.5cm./0.7×0.5inch.

Pin from the DDR from the Ernst Thalmann/Young Pioneers organisation. “Junger Tourist” (Young Tourist) bronze edition. Junger Tourist held activities in the great outdoors such as camping, orientation in the area, determination of the native flora and fauna, etc.
The Ernst Thalmann Pioneer Organisation, consisting of the Young Pioneers and the Thälmann Pioneers, was a youth organisation of schoolchildren aged 6 to 14. They were named after Ernst Thälmann, the former leader of the Communist Party of Germany who was executed at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
The group was a subdivision of the Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ, Free German Youth), East Germany’s youth movement. It was founded in 1948 and broke apart in 1989 on German reunification. From the 1960s and 1970s, nearly all schoolchildren between ages 6 and 14 were organised into Young Pioneer or Thälmann Pioneer groups.
The pioneer group was loosely based on Scouting, but organised in such a way as to teach schoolchildren aged 6 – 14 socialist ideology and prepare them for the Freie Deutsche Jugend, the FDJ. Its organisation was similar to Scouting and other such organisations. Afternoons spent at the pioneer group mainly consisted of a mixture of adventure, myth-like socialist teaching and the upkeep of revolutionary traditions.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 3×2.5cm./1.1×0.9inch.
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org

Pin from the DDR from the Ernst Thalmann/Young Pioneers organisation. “Junger Tourist” (Young Tourist) achievement badge of the young pioneers (JP), was awarded for the proof of knowledge regarding leisure activities in the great outdoors such as camping, orientation in the area, determination of the native flora and fauna, etc.
The Ernst Thalmann Pioneer Organisation, consisting of the Young Pioneers and the Thälmann Pioneers, was a youth organisation of schoolchildren aged 6 to 14. They were named after Ernst Thälmann, the former leader of the Communist Party of Germany who was executed at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
The group was a subdivision of the Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ, Free German Youth), East Germany’s youth movement. It was founded in 1948 and broke apart in 1989 on German reunification. From the 1960s and 1970s, nearly all schoolchildren between ages 6 and 14 were organised into Young Pioneer or Thälmann Pioneer groups.
The pioneer group was loosely based on Scouting, but organised in such a way as to teach schoolchildren aged 6 – 14 socialist ideology and prepare them for the Freie Deutsche Jugend, the FDJ. Its organisation was similar to Scouting and other such organisations. Afternoons spent at the pioneer group mainly consisted of a mixture of adventure, myth-like socialist teaching and the upkeep of revolutionary traditions.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 3×2.5cm./1.1×0.9inch.

Pin from the DDR from the Ernst Thalmann/Young Pioneers organisation. “Junger Tourist” (Young Tourist) achievement badge of the young pioneers (JP), was awarded for the proof of knowledge regarding leisure activities in the great outdoors such as camping, orientation in the area, determination of the native flora and fauna, etc.
The Ernst Thalmann Pioneer Organisation, consisting of the Young Pioneers and the Thälmann Pioneers, was a youth organisation of schoolchildren aged 6 to 14. They were named after Ernst Thälmann, the former leader of the Communist Party of Germany who was executed at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
The group was a subdivision of the Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ, Free German Youth), East Germany’s youth movement. It was founded in 1948 and broke apart in 1989 on German reunification. From the 1960s and 1970s, nearly all schoolchildren between ages 6 and 14 were organised into Young Pioneer or Thälmann Pioneer groups.
The pioneer group was loosely based on Scouting, but organised in such a way as to teach schoolchildren aged 6 – 14 socialist ideology and prepare them for the Freie Deutsche Jugend, the FDJ. Its organisation was similar to Scouting and other such organisations. Afternoons spent at the pioneer group mainly consisted of a mixture of adventure, myth-like socialist teaching and the upkeep of revolutionary traditions.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 1.5x1cm./0.5×0.3inch.
Weight: 4gr./0.1oz.
Year: 1988

Pin made in the DDR for the celebrating of 200 years Brandenburger Tor. Made in 1989.

Price: 3.00 euro
Size box: 7.5x5cm./2.9×1.9inch.
Size pin: 4x1cm./1.5×0.3inch.
Weight: 18gr./0.6oz.

DDR pin in it’s original box. Shown are the coat of arms and on the background the DDR flag.

Price: 2.50 euro
Size box: 7x5cm./2.7×1.9inch.
Size pin: 2.5x1cm./0.9×0.3inch.
Weight: 18gr./0.6oz.

DDR pin in it’s original box. Shown is the coat of arms and on the background the DDR flag.

Price: 2.50 euro
Size: 2×1.5cm./0.7×0.5inch.

This pin is probably made in the DDR. Although under western rule it was unikely that there was a friendship organisation with the Soviet Union in West Berlin.

Price: 1,50 euro

DDR pin made for hats.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin from the DDR, Combat Groups Working Class (KDA) shooting competition.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 2×1.5cm./0.7×0.5inch.

Pin DDR from the FDGB organisation.
The Free German Trade Union Federation (German: Freier Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund or FDGB), was the sole national trade union centre of the DDR which existed from 1946 and 1990. As a mass organisation of the DDR, nominally representing all workers in the country, the FDGB was a constituent member of the National Front. The leaders of the FDGB were also senior members of the ruling Socialist Unity Party.
Officially, membership in the FDGB was voluntary, but unofficially it was hardly possible to develop a career without joining. In 1986, 98% of all workers and employees were organized in the FDGB, which had 9.6 million members. This meant that it was nominally one of the world’s largest trade unions.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin DDR from the FDGB organisation.
The Free German Trade Union Federation (German: Freier Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund or FDGB), was the sole national trade union centre of the DDR which existed from 1946 and 1990. As a mass organisation of the DDR, nominally representing all workers in the country, the FDGB was a constituent member of the National Front. The leaders of the FDGB were also senior members of the ruling Socialist Unity Party.
Officially, membership in the FDGB was voluntary, but unofficially it was hardly possible to develop a career without joining. In 1986, 98% of all workers and employees were organized in the FDGB, which had 9.6 million members. This meant that it was nominally one of the world’s largest trade unions.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin from the DDR, FDGB union organisation. The Fakulta was a part of the FDGB and active for members in the transport sector.

Price: 2.00 euro

Pin from the DDR, FDGB union organisation. The Fakulta was a part of the FDGB and active for members in the transport sector.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin DDR from the FDGB organisation.
The Free German Trade Union Federation (German: Freier Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund or FDGB), was the sole national trade union centre of the DDR which existed from 1946 and 1990. As a mass organisation of the DDR, nominally representing all workers in the country, the FDGB was a constituent member of the National Front. The leaders of the FDGB were also senior members of the ruling Socialist Unity Party.
Officially, membership in the FDGB was voluntary, but unofficially it was hardly possible to develop a career without joining. In 1986, 98% of all workers and employees were organized in the FDGB, which had 9.6 million members. This meant that it was nominally one of the world’s largest trade unions.

Price: 2.00 euro

Plastic DDR pendant. The front says:”14 Years” and teh bck of the medal says:”We Love Our Republic”.

Price: 1.50 euro

DDR pin from the FDJ (Free German Youth) organisation with the image of Karl Marx. This pin came in bronze, silver and gold. This is the “gold” edition.
The Free German Youth, also known as the FDJ (in German Freie Deutsche Jugend), is a youth movement in Germany. Formerly it was the official youth movement of the DDR and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The color blue was their primary colour.
The organization was meant for young people, both male and female, between the ages of 14 and 25. In 1981 it had 2.3 million members. After being a member of the Thalmann Pioneers, which was for schoolchildren ages 6 to 14, East German youths would usually join the FDJ. Those who did not join lost access to organized holidays, and found it difficult to be admitted to universities, pursue chosen careers etc. The majority of youths who refused to join did so for religious reasons.
While the movement was intended to promote Marxist–Leninist ideology among East Germany’s young people, it also arranged thousands of holidays for young people through its Jugendtourist agency, and ran discos and open air rock concerts. The organisation still exists today.

Price: 1.50 euro

DDR pin from the FDJ (Free German Youth) organisation with the image of Karl Marx. This pin came in bronze, silver and gold. This is the “bronze” edition.
The Free German Youth, also known as the FDJ (in German Freie Deutsche Jugend), is a youth movement in Germany. Formerly it was the official youth movement of the DDR and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The color blue was their primary colour.
The organization was meant for young people, both male and female, between the ages of 14 and 25. In 1981 it had 2.3 million members. After being a member of the Thalmann Pioneers, which was for schoolchildren ages 6 to 14, East German youths would usually join the FDJ. Those who did not join lost access to organized holidays, and found it difficult to be admitted to universities, pursue chosen careers etc. The majority of youths who refused to join did so for religious reasons.
While the movement was intended to promote Marxist–Leninist ideology among East Germany’s young people, it also arranged thousands of holidays for young people through its Jugendtourist agency, and ran discos and open air rock concerts. The organisation still exists today.

Pin from the DSF organisation. The “silver” edition.
The Society for German–Soviet Friendship (in German, Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft/DSF) was an East German organization set up to encourage closer co-operation between the German Democratic Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
It was founded as the Society for the Studies of Soviet Culture to teach about Russian culture to Germans unfamiliar with it. It quickly turned into a propaganda tool and eventually changed its name.
Due to the immense popularity of Mikhail Gorbachev with ordinary East Germans disillusioned with their own hardline Communist leaders, the DSF’s membership grew massively in the last years of the regime which many interpret as a sign of support of Gorbachev’s glasnost and perestroika. In 1989 there were 6.3 million members.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin from the DSF organisation. The “gold” edition.
The Society for German–Soviet Friendship (in German, Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft/DSF) was an East German organization set up to encourage closer co-operation between the German Democratic Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
It was founded as the Society for the Studies of Soviet Culture to teach about Russian culture to Germans unfamiliar with it. It quickly turned into a propaganda tool and eventually changed its name.
Due to the immense popularity of Mikhail Gorbachev with ordinary East Germans disillusioned with their own hardline Communist leaders, the DSF’s membership grew massively in the last years of the regime which many interpret as a sign of support of Gorbachev’s glasnost and perestroika. In 1989 there were 6.3 million members.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin DDR made for celebrating 16 years of existince. Made in 1965.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin DDR made for celebrating 17 years of existince. Made in 1966.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin DDR made for celebrating 17 years of existince. Made in 1966.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 2×1.5cm./0.7×0.5inch.

Pin from the DDR and the FDJ organisation. “Silver” edition.
The Free German Youth, also known as the FDJ (in German Freie Deutsche Jugend), is a youth movement in Germany. Formerly it was the official youth movement of the DDR and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The color blue was their primary colour.
The organization was meant for young people, both male and female, between the ages of 14 and 25. In 1981 it had 2.3 million members. After being a member of the Thalmann Pioneers, which was for schoolchildren ages 6 to 14, East German youths would usually join the FDJ. Those who did not join lost access to organized holidays, and found it difficult to be admitted to universities, pursue chosen careers etc. The majority of youths who refused to join did so for religious reasons.
While the movement was intended to promote Marxist–Leninist ideology among East Germany’s young people, it also arranged thousands of holidays for young people through its Jugendtourist agency, and ran discos and open air rock concerts.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 2×1.5cm./0.7×0.5inch.

Pin from the DDR and the FDJ organisation. “Bronze” edition.
The Free German Youth, also known as the FDJ (in German Freie Deutsche Jugend), is a youth movement in Germany. Formerly it was the official youth movement of the DDR and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The color blue was their primary colour.
The organization was meant for young people, both male and female, between the ages of 14 and 25. In 1981 it had 2.3 million members. After being a member of the Thalmann Pioneers, which was for schoolchildren ages 6 to 14, East German youths would usually join the FDJ. Those who did not join lost access to organized holidays, and found it difficult to be admitted to universities, pursue chosen careers etc. The majority of youths who refused to join did so for religious reasons.
While the movement was intended to promote Marxist–Leninist ideology among East Germany’s young people, it also arranged thousands of holidays for young people through its Jugendtourist agency, and ran discos and open air rock concerts.

Price: 1.50 euro
Year: 1957

Old pendant from the DDR made in 1957. The text on the pendant reads:”Peace democracy socialism”.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin with the coat of arms of the DDR.
The national emblem of East Germany featured a hammer and a compass, surrounded by a ring of rye. It was the only coat of arms of a European socialist state with a ring of grain which does not contain a red star.
The hammer represented the workers in the factories. The compass represented the intelligentsia, and the ring of rye the farmers. The first designs included only the hammer and ring of rye, as an expression of the DDR as a communist “Workers’ and Farmers’ state”. The emblem was adopted as the GDR’s national emblem by a law of 26 September 1955, and added to the national flag by a law of 1 October 1959.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin DDR orange edition. These kind of pins were awarded to children at schools in the DDR for successful proof of basic knowledge in the context of traffic education. The badge was common for generations of schoolchildren from 1969 onwards and usually the decoration of a lifetime. The main focus was on road safety when using the bicycle. Before the acceptance of the “Golden One” there were separate “traffic gardens” or built-up courses.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin DDR green edition. These kind of pins were awarded to children at schools in the DDR for successful proof of basic knowledge in the context of traffic education. The badge was common for generations of schoolchildren from 1969 onwards and usually the decoration of a lifetime. The main focus was on road safety when using the bicycle. Before the acceptance of the “Golden One” there were separate “traffic gardens” or built-up courses.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin DDR red edition. These kind of pins were awarded to children at schools in the DDR for successful proof of basic knowledge in the context of traffic education. The badge was common for generations of schoolchildren from 1969 onwards and usually the decoration of a lifetime. The main focus was on road safety when using the bicycle. Before the acceptance of the “Golden One” there were separate “traffic gardens” or built-up courses.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin DDR “gold” edition. These kind of pins were awarded to children at schools in the DDR for successful proof of basic knowledge in the context of traffic education. The badge was common for generations of schoolchildren from 1969 onwards and usually the decoration of a lifetime. The main focus was on road safety when using the bicycle. Before the acceptance of the “Golden One” there were separate “traffic gardens” or built-up courses.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin from the DDR silver edition. These kind of pins were awarded to children at schools in the DDR for successful proof of basic knowledge in the context of traffic education. The badge was common for generations of schoolchildren from 1969 onwards and usually the decoration of a lifetime. The main focus was on road safety when using the bicycle. Before the acceptance of the “Golden One” there were separate “traffic gardens” or built-up courses.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin from the DDR blue edition. These kind of pins were awarded to children at schools in the DDR for successful proof of basic knowledge in the context of traffic education. The badge was common for generations of schoolchildren from 1969 onwards and usually the decoration of a lifetime. The main focus was on road safety when using the bicycle. Before the acceptance of the “Golden One” there were separate “traffic gardens” or built-up courses.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin from the Sport and Technology Association (GST).
The Sport and Technology Association was established in 1952 and ended in 1990. In 1988 it had 600.000 members. It was one of the East German “Mass Orgganizationss”. It was established to structure the free time of young people interested in sports and technology in group activities.
Each member was asked to bring in their technological equipment such as, motorcycles, aircraft, radios, and to pratice sports and participate in competitions such as motorraces and shooting. The association worked closely with the National People’s Army (NVA) in order to give children a pre militairy and discipline training.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin from the Sport and Technology Association (GST). This pin was for the shooting sport. The silver edition.
The Sport and Technology Association was established in 1952 and ended in 1990. In 1988 it had 600.000 members. It was one of the East German “Mass Orgganizationss”. It was established to structure the free time of young people interested in sports and technology in group activities.
Each member was asked to bring in their technological equipment such as, motorcycles, aircraft, radios, and to pratice sports and participate in competitions such as motorraces and shooting. The association worked closely with the National People’s Army (NVA) in order to give children a pre militairy and discipline training.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin from the Sport and Technology Association (GST). This pin was for the shooting sport. The bronze edition.
The Sport and Technology Association was established in 1952 and ended in 1990. In 1988 it had 600.000 members. It was one of the East German “Mass Orgganizationss”. It was established to structure the free time of young people interested in sports and technology in group activities.
Each member was asked to bring in their technological equipment such as, motorcycles, aircraft, radios, and to pratice sports and participate in competitions such as motorraces and shooting. The association worked closely with the National People’s Army (NVA) in order to give children a pre militairy and discipline training.

Price: 2.50 euro
Size: 4x3cm./1.5×1.1inch.

Medal like pin from the Young Pioneer organisation with the image of Ernst Thalmann. There are version with and without a date.
Pin DDR from the JP organisation (Young Pioneers). The person on the pin is Ernst Thalmann, a communist leader before WWII. There are blue and purple versions of this pin, without and with years.
The Ernst Thalmann Pioneer Organisation, consisting of the Young Pioneers and the Thälmann Pioneers, was a youth organisation of schoolchildren aged 6 to 14. They were named after Ernst Thälmann, the former leader of the Communist Party of Germany who was executed at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
The group was a subdivision of the Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ, Free German Youth), East Germany’s youth movement. It was founded in 1948 and broke apart in 1989 on German reunification. From the 1960s and 1970s, nearly all schoolchildren between ages 6 and 14 were organised into Young Pioneer or Thälmann Pioneer groups.
The pioneer group was loosely based on Scouting, but organised in such a way as to teach schoolchildren aged 6 – 14 socialist ideology and prepare them for the Freie Deutsche Jugend, the FDJ. Its organisation was similar to Scouting and other such organisations. Afternoons spent at the pioneer group mainly consisted of a mixture of adventure, myth-like socialist teaching and the upkeep of revolutionary traditions.

Price: 2.50 euro

This pin has got a purple flag. Some have a year on it. Pins after 1975 are with a blue flag.
Pin DDR from the JP organisation (Young Pioneers). The person on the pin is Ernst Thalmann, a communist leader before WWII. There are blue and purple versions of this pin, without and with years.
The Ernst Thalmann Pioneer Organisation, consisting of the Young Pioneers and the Thälmann Pioneers, was a youth organisation of schoolchildren aged 6 to 14. They were named after Ernst Thälmann, the former leader of the Communist Party of Germany who was executed at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
The group was a subdivision of the Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ, Free German Youth), East Germany’s youth movement. It was founded in 1948 and broke apart in 1989 on German reunification. From the 1960s and 1970s, nearly all schoolchildren between ages 6 and 14 were organised into Young Pioneer or Thälmann Pioneer groups.
The pioneer group was loosely based on Scouting, but organised in such a way as to teach schoolchildren aged 6 – 14 socialist ideology and prepare them for the Freie Deutsche Jugend, the FDJ. Its organisation was similar to Scouting and other such organisations. Afternoons spent at the pioneer group mainly consisted of a mixture of adventure, myth-like socialist teaching and the upkeep of revolutionary traditions.

Price: 2.50 euro

Pin from the DDR in celebration of it’s 21 years anniversary. The pin is made in 1970.

Price: 2.00 euro

DDR pin made for celebrating 20 years of DDR. So the pin is made in 1969.

Price: 5.00 euro
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org

Pin from the DDR made by the SED, the ruling party of East Germany. The text on the pin reads:”Socialistic Unity Party Germany (SED)”.
The Socialist Unity Party of Germany was the governing Marxist–Leninist political party of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from the country’s foundation in October 1949 until its dissolution after the Peaceful Revolution in 1989. The party was established in April 1946.
The GDR was a one-party state but other institutional popular front parties were permitted to exist in alliance with the SED, these parties being the Christian Democratic Union, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Democratic Farmers’ Party, and the National Democratic Party. The SED made the teaching of Marxism-Leninism and the Russian language compulsory in schools. In the 1980s, the SED rejected the liberalisation policies of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, such as perestroika and glasnost, which would lead to the GDR’s isolation from the restructuring USSR and the party’s downfall in the autumn of 1989.

Price: 2.50 euro

Pin from the DDR in it’s original box. The text on the pin reads:”For Patriotic Achievements” and this is the “silver” edition. There is also a “gold” edition of this pin.

Price: 2.50 euro

Pin from the DDR in it’s original box. The text on the pin reads:”For Patriotic Achievements”. There is also a “silver” edition of this pin.

Price: 2.50 euro
Size: 3cm./1.1inch.

This pin was made for the DFD women’s organisation. In it’s original box. The pin came in three classes; gold, silver and bronze. On the front thre is the logo and the text on the back reads:”For Special Services”.
The Democratic Women’s League of Germany (DFD) was the mass women’s organisation in East Germany. It was established in March 1947 and had the following official aims: Removal of fascist ideas, Education for women, Equal rights, Fair social living conditions, Education of children in the spirit of humanism and peace and Co-operation with the international women’s movement. The organisation ended in 1990 and had 1.5 million members.

Price: 10.00 euro

Pin from the DSF organisation in it’s original box.
The Society for German–Soviet Friendship (in German, Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft/DSF) was an East German organization set up to encourage closer co-operation between the German Democratic Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
It was founded as the Society for the Studies of Soviet Culture to teach about Russian culture to Germans unfamiliar with it. It quickly turned into a propaganda tool and eventually changed its name.
Due to the immense popularity of Mikhail Gorbachev with ordinary East Germans disillusioned with their own hardline Communist leaders, the DSF’s membership grew massively in the last years of the regime which many interpret as a sign of support of Gorbachev’s glasnost and perestroika. In 1989 there were 6.3 million members.

Price: 4.50 euro

DDR pin in it’s original box. Shown are the coat of arms and on the background the DDR flag.

Price: 3.50 euro

DDR pin in it’s original box. Shown are the coat of arms and on the background the DDR flag.

Price: 3.00 euro

DDR pin in it’s original box. Shown are the coat of arms and on the background the DDR flag.

Price: 2.50 euro
Size box: 7x5cm./2.7×1.9inch.
Size pin: 2.5x1cm./0.9×0.3inch.
Weight: 18gr./0.6oz.

DDR pin in it’s original box. Shown is the coat of arms and on the background the DDR flag.

Price: 2.50 euro
Size box: 7x5cm./2.7×1.9inch.
Size pin: 3cm./1.1inch.
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org

This pin was made for the DFD women’s organisation. In it’s original box. The pin came in three classes; gold, silver and bronze. On the front thre is the logo and the text on the back reads:”For Special Services”.
The Democratic Women’s League of Germany (DFD) was the mass women’s organisation in East Germany. It was established in March 1947 and had the following official aims: Removal of fascist ideas, Education for women, Equal rights, Fair social living conditions, Education of children in the spirit of humanism and peace and Co-operation with the international women’s movement. The organisation ended in 1990 and had 1.5 million members.

Price: 2.50 euro
Size pin:3.8x3cm./1.4×1.1inch.

Pin in it’s original box. The text on the pin reads:”Civil Defense”. This pin also came sometimes with a plastic layer on it. This pin was awarded until 1990.
The Civil defense of the GDR was an organization for the protection of the population, the economy, vital facilities and cultural values against the consequences of disasters and accidents. In the event of war, it should also serve to protect its own population from military operations.

Price: 2.50 euro
Size box: 7x5cm./2.7×1.9inch.
Size pin: 2.5x1cm./0.9×0.3inch.
Weight: 21gr./0.6oz.
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org

DDR pin in it’s original box. Shown is the coat of arms and on the background the DDR flag.

Price: 2.50 euro

Pin DDR in it’s original box. Beneath the pin the is a hanging device. Normally this pin was attached above a medal.

Price: 1.50 euro

Konigstein is a little village in East germany close to the (formaly) Czechoslovakian border.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin DDR for celebrating 23 years of DDR. The DDR was founded in 1949, so this in is from 1972.
The DDR was a state that existed from 1949 to 1990, when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Commonly described as a communist state, it described itself as a socialist workers and peasants’ state.
After WWII the Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin but did not include it; as a result, West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the DDR.
Soviet forces remained in the country throughout the Cold War. Until 1989. The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Construction of the Wall was commenced by the DDR on 13 August 1961. The Wall cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, accompanied by a wide area (later known as the “death strip”) that contained anti-vehicle trenches, “fakir beds” and other defenses. The Eastern Bloc portrayed the Wall as protecting its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the “will of the people” in building a socialist state in East Germany.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin from the DDR from the Young Pioneers organisation (JP).
The Ernst Thalmann Pioneer Organisation, consisting of the Young Pioneers and the Thälmann Pioneers, was a youth organisation of schoolchildren aged 6 to 14. They were named after Ernst Thälmann, the former leader of the Communist Party of Germany who was executed at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
The group was a subdivision of the Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ, Free German Youth), East Germany’s youth movement. It was founded in 1948 and broke apart in 1989 on German reunification. From the 1960s and 1970s, nearly all schoolchildren between ages 6 and 14 were organised into Young Pioneer or Thälmann Pioneer groups.
The pioneer group was loosely based on Scouting, but organised in such a way as to teach schoolchildren aged 6 – 14 socialist ideology and prepare them for the Freie Deutsche Jugend, the FDJ. Its organisation was similar to Scouting and other such organisations. Afternoons spent at the pioneer group mainly consisted of a mixture of adventure, myth-like socialist teaching and the upkeep of revolutionary traditions.

Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 1.5×1.5cm./0.5×0.5inch.

Pin from the DSF organisation.
The Society for German–Soviet Friendship (in German, Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft/DSF) was an East German organization set up to encourage closer co-operation between the German Democratic Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
It was founded as the Society for the Studies of Soviet Culture to teach about Russian culture to Germans unfamiliar with it. It quickly turned into a propaganda tool and eventually changed its name.
Due to the immense popularity of Mikhail Gorbachev with ordinary East Germans disillusioned with their own hardline Communist leaders, the DSF’s membership grew massively in the last years of the regime which many interpret as a sign of support of Gorbachev’s glasnost and perestroika. In 1989 there were 6.3 million members.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin from the DDR. The text on the pin reads:”Combat Groups Of The Working Class”, and above the logo of the KDA:”Sport Competion 1977″.

Price: 1.50 euro

DDR pin celebrating 19 years of DDR. The DDR became in 1949 so this pin is from 1968.
The DDR was a state that existed from 1949 to 1990, when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Commonly described as a communist state, it described itself as a socialist workers and peasants’ state.
After WWII the Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin but did not include it; as a result, West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the DDR.
Soviet forces remained in the country throughout the Cold War. Until 1989. The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Construction of the Wall was commenced by the DDR on 13 August 1961. The Wall cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, accompanied by a wide area (later known as the “death strip”) that contained anti-vehicle trenches, “fakir beds” and other defenses. The Eastern Bloc portrayed the Wall as protecting its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the “will of the people” in building a socialist state in East Germany.

Price: 2.50 euro

Pin about the March uprising in Germany in 1921. Marchkampfe means:”March Fight”.
The March Action was a 1921 failed Communist uprising, led by the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), the Communist Workers’ Party of Germany (KAPD), and other far-left organisations. It took place in the industrial regions located in Halle, Leuna, Merseburg, and Mansfeld.
The leadership of the KPD hoped for a spontaneous uprising of the workers. Revolutionary actions were to be initiated primarily through propaganda in the party newspaper “Rote Fahne” (Red Flag). The workers initially behaved cautiously. Despite the call from the KPD district leadership for a general strike. Work continued in most companies outside the district of Mansfeld. Only on the following day did the work stoppages in the mining area Mansfeld-Eisleben expand.
With the arrival of the KAPD member Max Hoelz the strike movement escalated into a violent insurrection. Hoelz spoke at various strike assemblies and called on the workers to violently resist the police. The first violent attacks on police officers in Eisleben occurred during 22 March. Hoelz began to equip striking workers and unemployed miners with weapons and organise them into raiding parties, which subjected the area around Mansfeld, Eisleben and Hettstedt to arson, looting, bank robbery and explosives attacks. Trains were derailed and railway lines blown up.
The uprising movement also threatened to spread to the Free State of Saxony, where unsuccessful bombings against justice buildings in Dresden, Leipzig and Freiberg had occurred. Bloody clashes between workers and police also occurred in Hamburg. However, the government troops managed to gain the upper hand and at the end of March the uprisings were finally suppressed. The Leuna works was a particularly strong bastion of influence of KAPD, where half of the 20,000 strong workforce belonged to their associated workplace organisation, the General Workers’ Union of Germany (AAUD). During the revolt they fought with rifles and automatic weapons. They also built their own tank, which they deployed against the police. The authorities only retook the plant with the use of artillery.
Over a hundred people lost their lives in the fighting, and more than 3,000 insurgents were arrested.

Price: 2.00 euro

DDR pin from 1967. The FDJ (Free German Youth) was for promotion of communist behaviour and was often a stepping stone to the army or to the SED (Socialist Unity Party Germany). The FDJ organised annually Parlament (Congress). In total they had 12 congresses, the first one in 1946 and the last one in 1985. It was ment to initiate new members and to celebrate members who leaved the FDJ to go into the army or to make a political career. This pin is from the 8th. parlament in 1967 in Karl Marx City, now called Chemnitz.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin DDR for celebrating 24 years of DDR. The DDR was founded in 1949, so this in is from 1973.
The DDR was a state that existed from 1949 to 1990, when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Commonly described as a communist state, it described itself as a socialist workers and peasants’ state.
After WWII the Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin but did not include it; as a result, West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the DDR.
Soviet forces remained in the country throughout the Cold War. Until 1989. The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Construction of the Wall was commenced by the DDR on 13 August 1961. The Wall cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, accompanied by a wide area (later known as the “death strip”) that contained anti-vehicle trenches, “fakir beds” and other defenses. The Eastern Bloc portrayed the Wall as protecting its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the “will of the people” in building a socialist state in East Germany.

Price: 2.00 euro

Pin DDR for 20 years of membership FDJ (Free German Youth) and GST (Sport And Technology Association).

Price: 2.50 euro
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org

Pin DDR about 25 years of participation of the FDJ, the Free German Youth Organisation.
The Free German Youth, also known as the FDJ (in German Freie Deutsche Jugend), is a youth movement in Germany. Formerly it was the official youth movement of the DDR and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The color blue was their primary colour.
The organization was meant for young people, both male and female, between the ages of 14 and 25. In 1981 it had 2.3 million members. After being a member of the Thalmann Pioneers, which was for schoolchildren ages 6 to 14, East German youths would usually join the FDJ. Those who did not join lost access to organized holidays, and found it difficult to be admitted to universities, pursue chosen careers etc. The majority of youths who refused to join did so for religious reasons.
While the movement was intended to promote Marxist–Leninist ideology among East Germany’s young people, it also arranged thousands of holidays for young people through its Jugendtourist agency, and ran discos and open air rock concerts.

Price: 2.50 euro

Pin from the DDR, Young Pioneers organisation. The text on the pin reads:”All Around”.
The Ernst Thalmann Pioneer Organisation, consisting of the Young Pioneers and the Thälmann Pioneers, was a youth organisation of schoolchildren aged 6 to 14. They were named after Ernst Thälmann, the former leader of the Communist Party of Germany who was executed at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
The group was a subdivision of the Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ, Free German Youth), East Germany’s youth movement. It was founded in 1948 and broke apart in 1989 on German reunification. From the 1960s and 1970s, nearly all schoolchildren between ages 6 and 14 were organised into Young Pioneer or Thälmann Pioneer groups.
The pioneer group was loosely based on Scouting, but organised in such a way as to teach schoolchildren aged 6 – 14 socialist ideology and prepare them for the Freie Deutsche Jugend, the FDJ. Its organisation was similar to Scouting and other such organisations. Afternoons spent at the pioneer group mainly consisted of a mixture of adventure, myth-like socialist teaching and the upkeep of revolutionary traditions.

Price: 1.50 euro

DDR pin from the FDJ (Free German Youth) organisation with the image of Karl Marx. This pin came in bronze, silver and gold. This is the “silver” edition.
The Free German Youth, also known as the FDJ (in German Freie Deutsche Jugend), is a youth movement in Germany. Formerly it was the official youth movement of the DDR and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The color blue was their primary colour.
The organization was meant for young people, both male and female, between the ages of 14 and 25. In 1981 it had 2.3 million members. After being a member of the Thalmann Pioneers, which was for schoolchildren ages 6 to 14, East German youths would usually join the FDJ. Those who did not join lost access to organized holidays, and found it difficult to be admitted to universities, pursue chosen careers etc. The majority of youths who refused to join did so for religious reasons.
While the movement was intended to promote Marxist–Leninist ideology among East Germany’s young people, it also arranged thousands of holidays for young people through its Jugendtourist agency, and ran discos and open air rock concerts. The organisation still exists today.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin made in honor of the excistence of 15 years of DDR. So the pin is made in 1964.
The DDR was a state that existed from 1949 to 1990, when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Commonly described as a communist state, it described itself as a socialist workers and peasants’ state.
After WWII the Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin but did not include it; as a result, West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the DDR.
Soviet forces remained in the country throughout the Cold War. Until 1989. The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Construction of the Wall was commenced by the DDR on 13 August 1961. The Wall cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, accompanied by a wide area (later known as the “death strip”) that contained anti-vehicle trenches, “fakir beds” and other defenses. The Eastern Bloc portrayed the Wall as protecting its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the “will of the people” in building a socialist state in East Germany.

Price: 1.50 euro

Pin from the DDR and the KTW organisation. The text on the pin reads:”Toerims, Hiking, Joys Of Life”.
The Committee for Tourism and Hiking (KTW) was a state organ of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) that existed from 1956 to 1974, whose task was “the promotion of physical culture, school and popular sports and tourism”.
The committee was also involved in the publication of hiking maps, travel guides and the magazine “Unterwegs” (On The Way). The KTW also coordinated the Xth World Festival in 1973. The committee had its seat in the same building as the Central Council of the FDJ, the Berlin Zollernhof. Despite all this, the committee was dissolved in November 1974. Its tasks were taken over by the youth travel agency “Jugendtourist” set up by the FDJ.

Price: 2.50 euro

This pin is about the Day Of The Miner. The text on the pin reads:”20 Years Day Of The Miner Of The DDR”.
The day of the miner and the energy worker was a day of honor for the miners and, since 1975, also for the energy workers in the German Democratic Republic.
It took place annually on the 1st Sunday of July and was used as an opportunity to publicly honor miners and energy workers. The first day of the miner took place on September 17, 1950. Since the following year, the honor has been held on the 1st Sunday in July. From 1951 to 1967 it was called the day of the German miner, from 1968 to 1974 the day of the miner of the GDR and from 1975 finally the day of the miner and the energy worker.
Every miner who took part in the celebration and received a badge with an annually changing mining motif as well as the current designation and the year as inscription. Miner’s Day had the character of a festival; In addition to the official ceremony, there were various events for the buddies, their families and guests. Since other areas of the GDR’s economy were also to be honored with special days, it was decided from 1975 to introduce further special days and to expand existing ones.

Price: 1.50 euro.

Most propaganda items with to flags is to celebrate the friendship between 2 nations. In this case Soviet Russia and the DDR. The is a plane on the pin so this could be a pin to celebrate aviation collaboration.