Price: 7.50 euro
Size: 20cm./7.8inch.
Weight: 123gr./4.5oz.
Wallpiece, wooden plate with in the center the Coat of Arms of the DDR. On the back there is a device to hang it on a wall.
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(12.50.20)
(4.20)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size Medal: 6cm./2.3inch.
Weight: 127gr./4.5oz.
This medal was awarded for anybody who has served 25 years in the People’s Police in the DDR. The front of the medal reads:”25 Year Helper Of The People’s Police” and the back of the medal reads:”Thanks And Recognition For Activity As A Volunteer WIth The People’s Police”
On the front of the medal there is a person with People’s Police Volunteer Armband.
Price: 6.00 euro
Size: 15cm./5.9inch.
Weight: 77gr./3oz.
Wallpiece wooden plate with the Coat of Arms of the (former DDR) city of Finsterwalde with 16.000 inhabitants. Finsterwalde is know for the Soviet Militairy cementary with 230 Soviet soldiers who died at the end of WWII.
WWII Soviet soldiers cementary
Coat of Arms of Finsterwalde
Location of Finsterwalde
(4.20)
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 16x11cm./6.2×4.3inch.
Weight: 138gr./5oz.
Pages: 139
The Green Book by Muammar Gaddafi in the German language.
The Green Book is a short book setting out the political philosophy of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The book was first published in 1975.
It was “intended to be read by all people”. It is said to have been inspired in part by The Little Red Book (Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung). Both were widely distributed both inside and outside their country of origin, and “written in a simple, understandable style with many memorable slogans”. During the Libyan Civil War, copies of the book were burned by anti-Gaddafi demonstrators.
Muammar Gaddafi with his female bodyguards
(4.20)
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 12.5cm./4.9inch.
Weight: 132gr./5oz.
DDR desktop, copper plate in box. In the middel there is the coat of arms of the DDR.
(27.5.20)
Price: 36.00 euro
Size: 13cm./5.1inch.
Weight: 468gr./17inch.
Metal plaque about 60 years of October Revolution. The plaque reads:”Red October” and pictured are the ship the Aurora who fired the first shot in the October Revolution and a hammer and sickle. On the back it reads:”Friendship” in the German and Russian language. And:”30 Years of DSF”. DSF means “Gesellshaft Fur Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundshaft/Society For German-Soviet Friendship”. Pictured also on the back are the flags of the Soviet Union and the DDR. Made of bronze in 1977.
(2.20)
Price: 7.50 euro
Size: 9.5x6cm./3.7×2.3inch.
Weight: 66gr./2.5oz.
Medal DDR from the FDJ youth organisation. This medal came in 3 classes. Bronze was for city leadership, silver was for county leadership and gold was for district leadership.
The Artur Becker Medal was the highest award of the Free German Youth of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and was associated with a cash bonus.
Artur Becker (born 1905 Germany died 1938 in Spain) was an official of the Communist Youth Association of Germany (KJVD), Member of the Reichstag and fighter in the Spanish Civil War.
As a teenager, he joined the Free Socialist Youth in 1919, the Communist Youth Association (KJVD) in 1920 and the German Communist Party (KPD) in 1922. As a political opponent of the National Socialists, he was forced to emigrate in 1933 and fled to Moscow.
He later organized the fight for the Spanish Republic. From August 1937 he took part in the armed fighting, from spring 1938 as Political Commissioner of the Thälmann Battalion of the International Brigades. On April 13, 1938, he was severely wounded in captivity. He is said to have been shot in a Burgos prison on 16 May 1938 after several weeks of interrogation. According to a Gestapo report from August 1939 there were Gestapo officials in Spain who interrogated prisoners and also tried to find Becker. Apparently, this did not succeed, Becker possibly died under the wrong name in a hospital, according to the Gestapo report.
The bronze, silver and gold editions
Artur Becker bust
(12.50.20)
(2.20)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 8cm./3.1inch.
Weight: 95gr./3.5inch.
DDR medal about Leuna. The front of the medal reads:”Through Struggle To Victory”. The back of the medal says:”To commemorate the fallen leuna fighters. To remind the living
marching struggle of the leuna workers. district party organization Leuna”.
Leuna is a district but Leuna is best known for the Leuna-Werke, a huge complex of chemical industry with an area of over 20 km². The foundation for this was laid when BASF built an ammonia plant near Leuna during the First World War, out of reach of the Allied air forces.
From 1925 this factory fell under the IG Farben. In 1936 construction of an installation for the manufacture of synthetic gasoline for the Wehrmacht started. In March 1945, more than 14,000 people worked here, of which more than 90% were foreigners (mostly as forced laborers). The installations were bombed more than 20 times and production did not stop until April 1945. After the war, about half of the remains of the installations were taken away by the Soviet Union as reparations. In 1954, the Soviet Union transferred ownership to the GDR, who further expanded the complex as VEB Leuna-Werke Walter Ulbricht. In the GDR era, 30,000 people worked here.
(15.20)
(4.20)
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 14.5x8cm./5.7×3.1inch.
Weight: 176gr./6.2oz.
This medal is called:”Banner of Labor”. It was given for excellent and long-standing service in strengthening and consolidating the DDR, especially for achieving outstanding results for the national economy.
The order was established in 1954 in one class. In 1974 it was divided into three classes. The 1st Class was the highest class and each class included a cash award. It could be givin to individuals or company’s and organizations. The decorated persons received an annual pension wich the DDR government paid until the wall fell.
The East German government was inspired by the older Soviet-Russian Order of the Red Banner to design this award.
First, second and third class.
(12.50.20)
(4.20)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 10cm./3.9inch.
Weight: 102gr./3.6oz.
Medal from the DDR with the image of Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969). On the back of the medal it reads:”For Anti Imperialist Solidarity”.
(12.5.20)
(4.20)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 11cm./4.3inch.
Weight: 175gr./6.1oz.
Medal with the image of friedrich Engels in original box. Friedrich Engels was a close friend of Karl Marx and funded the works of Marx to be published. The ruling party of East Germany (The SED) had several schools throughout the DDR were students were being trained and educated for becoming a party official. Bezirkparteischule “Friedrich Engels” was one of them. Bezirkparteischule means District Party School.
(10.20)
(4.20)
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 11cm./4.3inch.
Weight: 174gr./6oz.
Medal from the DDR made in 1987. The text on the box reads:”Being a member of the SED (communist ruling party DDR) is a honor and obligation”. Pictured on the medal is Ernst Thalmann.
Ernst Thalmann (1886-1944) was a German communist politician. He was leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) from 1925 to 1933. Thalmann was shot in Buchenwald on Adolf Hitler’s personal orders in 1944.
(5.20beschadigd)
(4.20)
Price: 5.00 euro
Size: 9cm./3.5inch.
Weight: 127gr./4.5oz.
Medal from the DDR in the original box. With an inlay. The front of the medal says: “25 Years Of Workers Class Fighting Force 1955-1978″. The back of the medal says:”For The Protection Of Workers And Farmers”.
The inlay says:”Handed Over By The SED (Communist Party Germany) VEB (State Owned Company) Mansfeld Kombinat (Iron Company) Wilhelm Pieck (President of the DDR 1949-1960)”.
(4.20)
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 11cm./4.3inch.
Weight: 188gr./6.5oz.
Medal in it’s original box. On the back the medal says:”SED District Party School Ernst Schneller, Karl Marx Stadt”.
The SED was the ruling communist party of the DDR. The district party schools were tasked with ideologically training junior SEDs as potential leaders in the DDR party and state apparatus. Throughout the DDR, there was a district party school in each of the 15 districts. This school was called Ernst Schneller and was based in Karl Marx Stadt, nowadays called Chemnitz.
Ernst Schneller (1890-1944) was a German school teacher. In 1914 he volunteered to join the army when war broke out. Sent to fight on the Eastern Front, he became politicised and radicalised, especially as the ideas behind the Russian Revolution filtered through to the German troops. After the war he joined first the Social Democratic Party and then, in 1920, the recently launched Communist Party of Germany.
He was arrested in 1933 and imprisoned. Transfer to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp followed in 1939 were he was shot dead in 1944.
(10.20)
(1.5.20)
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 6x5cm./2.3×1.9inch.
Weight: 43gr./1.8oz.
Medal from the DDR made by the FDJ (Free German Youth) in honor of the 10th, World Festival of Youths and Students in 1973.
The festival has been held regularly since 1947 as an event of global youth solidarity for democracy and against war and imperialism. The largest festival was the 6th, held in 1957 in Moscow, when 34,000 young people from 131 countries attended the event. Until the 19th festival in Russia in 2017 (with 185 countries participating), the largest festival by number of countries with participants was the 13th, held in 1989 in Pyongyang when 177 countries attended the event.
Weltfestspeile, Berin, 1973.
Price: 17.50 euro
Size: 13.5x8cm./5.3×3.1inch.
Weight: 177gr./6.1oz.
Honorary plaque with an image of a statue wich stands at Treptower Park in Berlin.
The Soviet War Memorial is a war memorial and military cemetery in Berlin’s Treptower Park. It was built to to commemorate the 80,000 Red Army 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 monument is one of three Soviet memorials built in Berlin after the end of the war. The other two memorials are the Tiergarten memorial, and the Soviet War Memorial Schönholzer Heide in Berlin’s Pankow district.
The memorials are not only commemorative, but also serve as cemeteries for those killed.
Treptower Park
(20.20)
Price: 35.00 euro
Size: 205x112cm./79x45inch.
Big red SED flag from the DDR. On one side there are holes in the flag with metal rings wich was used to hung the flag. In very good condition.
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.
(30.20)
Price: 30.00 euro
Size: 193x115cm./78×45.2inch.
Big DDR flag. In very good condition. Authentic, made in the VEB Bandtex factory. Label inside the flag.
(10.20)
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 9x6cm./3.5×2.3inch.
Weight: 60gr./2.1oz.
Medal from the former DDR. In very good condition and still in it’s original box. The medal was awarded in a single class for outstanding improvements in production, in technology or in occupational safety.
(20.20)
Price: 35.00 euro
Size: 285x172cm./112x67inch.
Big DDR FDJ flag. In very good condition.
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.
(4.20)
Price: 8.00 euro
Size: 31x25cm./12×9.8inch.
Cardboard Sign from the FDGB organisation. On the back there is a hanging device. Such signs were used in parades and gatherings.
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: 10.00 euro
Size: 10cm./3.9inch.
Weight: 121gr./4.5oz.
Medal made for 25 years of service at the VEB Screwfactory, The medal says:”Thanks and recognition for your services, VEB Screwcombination”. The factory was based in Karl-Marx-Stadt (Karl Marx City), nowadays called Chemnitz. The factory still exist, but is now called: ESKA and is making industrial equipment.
(4.20)
Price: 8.00 euro
Size: 36.5×29.5cm./14.3×11.6inch.
Cardboard SED logo. Used for parades, gatherings and meetings. Hanging mechanism still on the back.
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.
SED party congress
SED Flag
(4.20)
Price: 8.00 euro
Size: 36x27cm./14.1×10.6inch.
Cardboard sign with the FDJ logo. These signs were used in parades or to hang on a wall when a FDJ meeting happend.
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.
FDJ Youth.
FDJ with DDR flags in parade
FDJ Flag
(4.20)
Price: 8.00 euro
Size: 30.5×27.5cm./12×10.8inch.
Big cardboard emblem of the FDJ. A freindship organisation with the Soviet Union.
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.
Headquarters of the DSF organization.
(15.20)
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 14x10cm./5.5×3.9inch.
Weight: 165gr./6oz.
Box of a 2 piece medal set, made in 1979 to honor the 1980 olympic gaes held in Moscow. The text on the back of both medals says:”Society for the promotion of the Olympic idea”.
On the first medal there is a image of August Schaettner (1817-1859) he was a German revolutionary and commander of the Hanau Gymnasts.
On the second medal there is J.C.F. GutsMuths (1759-1839). He was a teacher and educator in Germany, and is especially known for his role in the development of physical education. He is thought of as the “grandfather of gymnastics”.
The 1980 Games were the first Olympic Games to be staged in Eastern Europe. They were also the only Summer Olympic Games to be held in a communist country until 2008 in China.
Eighty nations were represented at the Moscow Games, the smallest number since 1956. Led by the United States, 66 countries boycotted the games entirely because of the Soviet–Afghan War. Some athletes from some of the boycotting countries (they are not included in the list of 66 countries that boycotted the games entirely) participated in the games under the Olympic Flag. The Soviet Union would later boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics. The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals, with the USSR and East Germany winning 127 out of 203 available golds.
(20.20)
Price: 30.00 euro
Size: 230x127cm./90.5x50inch.
Giant DDR flag with the Coat of Arms. In good condition. The flag has got some rings to put it up against a flagpole. 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.
A parade in the DDR. If you look closely in the center of the picture, you see what is probably the same type of flag.
(4.20)
Price: 8.00 euro
Size: 27.5cm./10.8inch.
Original cardboard piece with the coat of arms of the DDR printed on it. Mayby used in parades or for government buildings or schools, company’s and such.
(4.20)
Price: 8.00 euro
Size: 29cm./11.4inch.
Coat of Arms of the DDR pressed into cardboard. Big and in good condition. On the back there is a hanging mechanism so once it was on a wall.
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 67cm./26inch.
Silk retirement cloth from the NVA, the National People’s Army. The text says:”Serviced with Honour, NVA”. New state in it’s original bag. The text on the bag says:”Serviced with honour until the last day”.
The National People’s Army (NVA) was the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1956 to 1990.
The NVA was formed in 1956 to succeed the Kasernierte Volkspolizei (Barracked People’s Police) and influenced by the Soviet Army, becoming one of the Warsaw Pact militaries opposing NATO during the Cold War. The majority of NATO officers rated the NVA the best military in the Warsaw Pact based on discipline, thoroughness of training, and the quality of officer leadership.
The NVA did not see significant combat but participated in the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, deployed military advisors to communist governments in other countries, and manned the Berlin Wall where they were responsible for numerous deaths. The NVA was dissolved in 1990 and its facilities and equipment were handed over to the Bundeswehr (the armed forces of West Germany), which also absorbed most of its personnel below the rank of non-commissioned officer.
(12.5.20)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 55×38.5cm./21.4×15.1inch.
Little original DDR flag with tag still inside. Mnaufactured by VEB Bantex who made a lot of flags in the former DDR.
(7.50.20)
(6.32.20)
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 67cm./26inch.
Silk cloth from the DDR borderpatrol. On the front there are different units and vehicles and the text:”For Memorial”. In the center there is the text:”Served With Honour At The Borderpatrol”. So this cloth was a present for border patrol guards who retired.
The Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic was the border guard of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1946 to 1990.
The Grenztruppen were the primary force guarding the Berlin Wall and the Inner German border. The force belonged to the Ministry of National Defence (MfNV) from 1961, and was a service branch of the National People’s Army until 1971 when it became directly subordinate to the MfNV. The Border Troops numbered approximately 47,000 personnel at its peak, consisting of volunteers and conscripts, the third largest Warsaw Pact border guard after Soviet Union and Poland.
The Grenztruppen main role was preventing Republikflucht, the illegal migration from the GDR, and were controversially responsible for many deaths at the Berlin Wall. At least 29 border guards were killed in the line of duty, and many faced criminal charges after German Reunification.
(12.50)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 12.5x6cm./4.9×2.3inch.
Weight: 66gr./2.3oz.
DDR East Germany Medal for Distinquished Achivements. The front of the medal says:”For Excellent Service”.
The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989.
The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.
Flag of the KDA
Price: 8.00 euro
Size: 12.5x6cm./4.9×2.3inch.
Weight: 66gr./2.3oz.
Bronze medal of the DDR for excellent service by the Ministry Of Interiour.The front of the medal says:”For excellent service” The back of the medal has got the Coat of Arms of the DDR surrounded with laurel. This medal came in 3 types; bronze, silver and gold.
The bronze, silver and gold edition.
(10.20)
Price: 17.50 euro
Size: 28cm./4.3inch.
Pin set box issued for the anniversary of 25 years of NVA, National People’s Army.
The NVA started in 1956 so the pin box is from 1981.
The National People’s Army (NVA) was the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1956 to 1990.
The NVA was formed in 1956 to succeed the Kasernierte Volkspolizei (Barracked People’s Police) and influenced by the Soviet Army, becoming one of the Warsaw Pact militaries opposing NATO during the Cold War. The majority of NATO officers rated the NVA the best military in the Warsaw Pact based on discipline, thoroughness of training, and the quality of officer leadership.
The NVA did not see significant combat but participated in the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, deployed military advisors to communist governments in other countries, and manned the Berlin Wall where they were responsible for numerous deaths. The NVA was dissolved in 1990 and its facilities and equipment were handed over to the Bundeswehr (the armed forces of West Germany), which also absorbed most of its personnel below the rank of non-commissioned officer.
(10.20) (10.20)
(4.20)
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 18×11.5cm./7.08×4.5inch.
Red armband from the “Helfer Der Volkspolizei” meaning volunteer helper of the people’s police.
The FH was established by the East German government in 1952. Its function was to assist the Volkspolizei (“People’s Police”) in fighting crime and border violation and protecting public goods. The FH had the right to control traffic and were also called upon to take part in search and manhunt operations. Furthermore, there was intended to be an educational effect for the East Germans, because the FH volunteers were on patrol in residential areas and workplaces. The FH volunteers fulfilled their patrol missions in plain clothes, but were identifiable by their armband. The FH was disbanded a few days before German reunification in 1990.
Helper Volkspolizei in action.
(10.20)
(2.5.20)
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 21x15cm./8.2×5.9inch.
Cold war pennant from the DDR, national people’s army. The front of the pennant says:”For the protection that workers and farmers do”.
The National People’s Army (NVA) was the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1956 to 1990.
The NVA was formed in 1956 to succeed the Kasernierte Volkspolizei (Barracked People’s Police) and influenced by the Soviet Army, becoming one of the Warsaw Pact militaries opposing NATO during the Cold War. The majority of NATO officers rated the NVA the best military in the Warsaw Pact based on discipline, thoroughness of training, and the quality of officer leadership.
The NVA did not see significant combat but participated in the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, deployed military advisors to communist governments in other countries, and manned the Berlin Wall where they were responsible for numerous deaths. The NVA was dissolved in 1990 and its facilities and equipment were handed over to the Bundeswehr (the armed forces of West Germany), which also absorbed most of its personnel below the rank of non-commissioned officer.
(10.20)
(2.5.20)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 21.5×15.5cm./8.4×6.1inch.
Cold war pennant from the DDR. The front of the pennant says:”For the protection that workers and farmers do”. The back of the pennant says:”Border troops of DDR”.
(10.20)
(2.5.20)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 23.5x17cm./9.2×6.6inch.
Cold war pennant from the DDR. The pennant says:”Coast Border Brigade”.
The 6th Border Brigade Coast (or GBK) was a military organization of the border troops of the German Democratic Republic. It was formed in 1961 and existed until German reunification.
The main task of the GBK was to secure the 378 km long maritime border and to control shipping. Sailors on coastal observation stations (KBS) or observation control towers (BT-11) controlled the sea and air space and were supposed to record small and very small targets in the coastal area. The GBK was supported by the Volksmarine and their helicopter squadrons. Seafarers and fishermen worked as volunteers on ships and boats for the GBK. The GBK was an integral part of the Volksmarine’s battle standby system. At all levels of readiness to fight, 85 percent of the staff had to be present.
A BT-11 observation tower.
Flag of the Border Brigade.
(10.20)
(2.5.20)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 22x15cm./8.6×5.9inch.
Cold war pennant from the DDR, border troopes. The pennant says:”Army sports community, forwards going, border troops DDR”.
(2.5.20)
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 25x16cm./9.8×6.2inch.
Pennant with the flag of the DDR.
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.
(10.20)
(2.5.20)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 23×16.5cm./9.05×6.4inch.
DDR pennant from the border patrol. The front of the pennant says:”Border Patrol” and the back says:”Border troops of the DDR section Ernst Grube, in mermory of”. DDR border regiment 10 was named after Ernst Grube.
Ernst Grube (1890-1945 in Bergen-Belsen) was a German politician (KPD) and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime.
In 1933 Ernst Grube got arrested and spend more than six years in various concentration camps: until May 1939 he was imprisoned in Sonnenburg, Lichtenburg and Buchenwald. After his release, he worked as a carpenter in Warsaw. In 1941 he went back to Berlin and join a resistance group. In 1942 he was imprisoned for several months. In 1944, he was arrested again and taken to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and transported to Bergen-Belsen in early April 1945, where he died of typhus a few days before the end of the war.
Ernst Grube Bust
(10.20)
(2.5.20)
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 23.5×16.5cm./9.2×6.4inch.
Nice made DDR pennant. The pennant says:”For active work and performance
in socialist competition”.
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 26x18cm./10.2×7.08inch.
Pennant from the German-Soviet Friendship Society.
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.
(10.20)
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 24.5x15cm./9.6×5.9inch.
Beautiful cold war pennant commemorating 25 years of Berlin Wall. Made in 1986. The front of the pennant says:”25 Years Anti Fascistic Wall”.
(4.20)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 30×26.5cm./11.8×10.4inch.
Bannerflag from the DDR. On the side there is a spare for putting a stick in it. The flag is made of cotton.
Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 20x12cm./7.8×4.7inch.
Waving flag for parades. Made from paper and with a plastic stick. The waving flag containes the logo of the FDGB.
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: 20x12cm./7.8×4.7inch.
Waving flag for parades. Made from paper and with a plastic stick. The waving flag containes the logo of Young Pioneers and the text says:”be prepared”.
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.
Propaganda poster Young Pioneers.
Young Pioneers uniform worn by boys and girls alike.
Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 20x12cm./7.8×4.7inch.
Waving flag for parades. Made from paper and with a plastic stick.
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.
Headquarters of the DSF
Flag of DSF.
Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 20x12cm./7.8×4.7inch.
Labour Day (or International Worker’s Day) is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement, socialists and anarchists.
Labour day was established in 1890 as an international protest day for demanding a 8 hour working day, labour rights and for keeping the peace.
1st. May parade
Labour Day parade
1st. of May parade
Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 20x12cm./7.8×4.7inch.
Waving hand held paper flag wich was distributed amoung the population for waving at parades. made of paper and with plastic stick. The flag contains the logo of the FDJ.
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: 20x12cm./7.8×4.7inch.
Waving hand held paper flag wich was distributed amoung the population for waving at parades. made of paper and with plastic stick. The flag contains the logo of the SED, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.
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.
SED party congress in 1986
Price: 45.00 euro
Size: 27x11cm./10.6×4.3inch.
3 porcelain medal set in the orginal box from the DDR. In great condition.
Medal 1 is Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a German thinker and philosopher. He created the workers movement. His most important work is Das Kapital and the Communist Manifest. Bassicly he was the inventor of communism. His work and thoughts are called Marxism. Lenin was a strong believer of Marxism when he was turning Russia into the first communist state after the October Revolution in 1917. Friedrich Engels was his lifetime friend and was supporting Karl financially and publiced many of Karl Marx writings after the death of Karl.
Medal 2 is Friedrich Engels (1820–1895). He was a German philosopher, historian, communist, social scientist, sociologist, journalist and businessman. His father was an owner of large textile factories in England.
Engels developed what is now known as Marxist theory together with Karl Marx and in 1845 he published The Condition of the Working Class in England, based on personal observations and research in English cities. In 1848, Engels co-authored The Communist Manifesto with Marx and also authored and co-authored (primarily with Marx) many other works. Later, Engels supported Marx financially, allowing him to do research and write Das Kapital. After Marx’s death, Engels edited the second and third volumes of Das Kapital. Additionally, Engels organised Marx’s notes on the Theories of Surplus Value, which were later published as the “fourth volume” of Das Kapital. In 1884, he published The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State on the basis of Marx’s ethnographic research.
Medal 3 Lenin’s original name was Vladimir Iljitsj Oeljanov. He lived from 1870-1924. He was a revolutionairy and the first leader of the Soviet Union.
His political and social ideas, known as Leninism, was based on the social ideas of Karl Marx, called Marxism. After the october revolution in 1917 he was the first leader of the Soviet Union and put in place the first communist party and the first communist state in the world. His supporters were called the Bolsheviks and they were led by Stalin. In the early 20’s Lenin had a series of strokes on wich he died in 1924. After losing is ability to speak.
Lenin’s body was embalmed to preserve it for long term public display in the Red Square mausoleum. During this process, Lenin’s brain was removed. Lenin’s body is still on display.
It is assumed that Lenin’s alias was chosen from the river Lena. One of the longest river in the world.
Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Lenin
Price: 1.50 euro
Size: 20x12cm./7.8×4.7inch.
Waving hand held paper flag wich was distributed amoung the population for waving at parades. made of paper and with plastic stick. This waving flag represents the flag of the DDR.
Price: 25.00 euro
Size: 17x8cm./6.6×3.1inch.
3 medals from the DDR in the original box. Here are the incredible stories:
Medal 1 is Arvid Harnack (1901–1942) was a German jurist, economist, and German resistance fighter in Nazi Germany. From 1937–41, Harnack held close contact with Donald Heath, the First Secretary at the US Embassy, to inform the US about Hitler’s preparations for war. In 1941, after the Americans left Berlin, Harnack was contacted by the Soviets, and agreed to supply them with information about Hitler’s war preparations.
In 1941, Harnack sent the Soviets information about the forthcoming invasion.
Arvid got captured and sentenced to death after a four day trial before the Reichskriegsgericht (“Reich Military Tribunal”), and was put to death three days later at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin. The back of the medal says:”Scout Using All Of His Personality”.
Medal 2 is Fritz Schmenkel (1916–1944) was a German communist and resistance fighter against Nazism, who fought with the Soviet partisans in Belarus during the Great Patriotic War. In November 1941 he defected from the German army and went into hiding near the village Podmoshe, Smolensk Oblast. From there, he approached the Soviet partisan unit “Death to fascism” and explained his desire to join the partisans. After initial suspicion and interrogations, Schmenkel finally won the trust of the partisans when he killed a German soldier who tried to set fire to the house where the partisans had their base. He was allowed to join the partisans.
Schmenkel soon proved himself to be valuable for the partisans; wearing a German uniform and pretending to be a Wehrmacht general, Schmenkel would lead German military columns into partisans’ traps. This helped the partisans capture entire units of Wehrmacht soldiers, as well as ammunition and food. In 1943, he was brought to Moscow by the Red Army, where he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner and received military training. In 1943 Schmenkel was ambushed and captured by the German occupational authorities. He was brought to Minsk and sentenced to death and executed by firing squad a week later. The back of the medal says:”Partisan Scout Soldier Of The Revolution”.
Medal 3 is Ilse Stöbe (1911–1942) was a German journalist and anti-Nazi resistance fighter. She was arrested in 1942 by the Gestapo, allegedly for spying for the Soviet Union and for membership of the Red Orchestra (Die Rote Kapelle) Soviet espionage ring. A Gestapo report of November 1942 said a radio message from the Soviet Union informed that a parachuted resistance fighter would come to her address. After seven weeks of torture she was compelled to confess to conspiratorial connections to the Soviet secret service and to persons such as Rudolf von Scheliha. He was then also arrested on 12 October 1942. Both were sentenced to death for treason on 14 December 1942 by the Reichskriegsgericht, and executed on 22 December 1942 in the Plötzensee Prison in Berlin, she by guillotine and he by hanging from a meathook. The Soviet agent, Heinrich Koenen, who had landed in Germany by parachute, was arrested at her house by a waiting Gestapo official. Her mother was also arrested and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp, where she died in 1943. Stöbe’s brother Kurt Müller was able to escape arrest and continue his resistance activities with the resistance group, the European Union Resistance. He was murdered in June 1944.Stöbe (code name “Alta”) repeatedly sent warning messages to the Soviet Union about the impending German invasion of the Soviet Union well in advance of the attack.
She was the only woman to be featured on this special medal issued by the East German Ministry of State (Stasi) to commemorate important spies in Communist service during the war. The Ilse Stöbe Vocational School in Market Street, Berlin is named in her honour. The back of the medal says:”Smart, Steadfast And Loyal For The Protection Of Socialism”.
Arvid Harnack
Fritz Schmenkel
Ilse Stöbe
Price: 10.00 euro
Size box: 8.5cm./3.3inch.
Size Medal: 4cm./1.5inch.
DDR medal to commemorate 30 years of NVA, 1986. In it’s original box. The front of the medal says:”30 Years NVA”. The back of the medal says:”Be aware of the power!. The power is givin to you, so you never ever give it out of your hands!.”
The National People’s Army (NVA) was the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1956 to 1990.
The NVA was formed in 1956 to succeed the Kasernierte Volkspolizei (Barracked People’s Police) and influenced by the Soviet Army, becoming one of the Warsaw Pact militaries opposing NATO during the Cold War. The majority of NATO officers rated the NVA the best military in the Warsaw Pact based on discipline, thoroughness of training, and the quality of officer leadership.
The NVA did not see significant combat but participated in the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, deployed military advisors to communist governments in other countries, and manned the Berlin Wall where they were responsible for numerous deaths. The NVA was dissolved in 1990 and its facilities and equipment were handed over to the Bundeswehr (the armed forces of West Germany), which also absorbed most of its personnel below the rank of non-commissioned officer.
East German leader Honecker inspecting NVA troops.
Coat of Arms NVA.
(2.5.20)
Price: 3.50 euro
Size: 13cm./5.1inch.
Cardboard sign from with the Coat of Arms of the DDR. On the back there is a hanging device.
Price: 25.00 euro
Size: 17×5.5cm./6.6×2.1inch.
3 medal set from the DDR in the original box.
Medal 1 is Rudolf Abel Ivanovitch (1903-1971) He was a Russian intelligents officer who worked for the KGB and was a spy in the U.S. He was captured in 1957 and sentenced 30 years in prison. He was released in 1961 and exchanged for captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers. On the back the medal says:”Scouts Fight As Internationalists”.
Medal 2 is Harro Schulze-Boysen (1909-1942). He was a German publicist and Luftwaffe officer who would become a leading German resistance fighter as a member of the anti-fascist resistance group that was later called the Red Orchestra (Rote Kapelle) by the Gestapo, during World War II. He was arrested and executed in 1942. The back of the medal says:”Patriot Internationalist Revolutionairy Fighter”.
Medal 3 is Richard Sorge (1895-1944). Richard Sorge was a German journalist and Soviet military intelligence officer, active before and during World War II, working undercover as a German journalist in both Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. His codename was “Ramsay”. A number of famous personalities considered him one of the most accomplished spies.
Sorge is most famous for his service in Japan in 1940 and 1941, when he provided information about Adolf Hitler’s plan to attack the Soviet Union. In mid-September 1941, he informed the Soviets that Japan would not attack the Soviet Union in the near future. Various writers have speculated that this information allowed Stalin to transfer 18 divisions, 1,700 tanks, and over 1,500 aircraft from Siberia and the Far East to the Western Front against the western Axis Powers during the Battle for Moscow.
A month later Sorge was arrested in Japan on the count of espionage. He was tortured, forced to confess, tried, and hanged in November 1944. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1964. The back of the medal says:”Hot Heart, Cool Head, Clean Hands”.
Rudolf Abel Ivanovich.
Harro Schultze-Boysen.
Richard Sorge.
Price: 2.50 euro
Size: 28.5x19cm./11.2×7.4inch.
DDR pennant with the DRR flag and coat of arms.
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 24x18cm./9.4×7.08inch.
DDR pennant about the anniversary of 70 years of October Revolution. The text on the pennant says:”60th. birthday of the great October Revolution”. On the back it says:”For outstanding performance”, and Drushba Trasse about the completion of a gas pipeline.
Price: 7.50 euro.
Size: 17.5x11cm./6.8×4.3inch.
Cold war DDR banner. The pennant says:”Druzhba Route”. And:”Central Youth Property”.
The Druzhba route, named after the Russian word Дружба for “friendship”, was the 550 km long construction phase of the 2,750 km long natural gas pipeline “Soyuz”. The “Trasse” was built by the German Democratic Republic (GDR) as the central youth property of the Free German Youth (FDJ). The length of the GDR section was 518 kilometers. This natural gas route was built in several stages over decades.
Today the pipeline on the German section is operated by the Schwedt mineral oil network.
Construction of the pipeline in Drushba Trasse.
(3.20)
Price: 3.00 euro
Weight: 37gr./1.3oz.
The collective of socialist work, was a collective award in the DDR. 2nd. award. For eacht time a individual was recognized with this medal, a extra flag would be added above the medal. They started with this award in 1960 and recognized high production successes, special successes in socialist community work and above all in the socialist competition. This medal is issued in 1970. After 1973 the medals would have a plastic layer on the flag above the medal.
The front of the medal says:”The Collective Of Socialistic Work” and the back of the medal says:”Learn And Live Socialistic Work”.
It was about fulfilling political, cultural and professional demands as well as adhering to socialist morals and ethics.
By 1989 4.8 million people had recieved the award.
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 20x13cm./7.8×5.1inch.
DDR pennant in good condition. After WWII all sporting clubs were dissolved and were only allowed to operate on a local level. After 1954 they separated amateur sport from professional sport, and from 1961, most Trade Sports Associations of sports societies in the DDR had been closed but existed under single clubs with the name Betriebssportgemeinschaft or BSG (“Cooperative Sports Collective”).
There were different types of sport collectives. For the mining industry, construction and wood industry, chemical industry, police and many more.
This pennant is for the mining industry.
Price: 12.50 euro
This is the gold medal for 30 years of service as a volunteer to the civil defense of the DDR. The medal says:”Medal of service, civil defense”. They started with this medal in 1977 until 1985. After 1985 the medal was slightly different. This medal is from 1977-1985.
There were 3 types of medals:
Bronze: 10 years of service
Silver: 20 years of service
Gold: 30 years of service
The Bronze, Silver and Gold edition.
(8.20)
Price: 20.00 euro
Size: 24cm./9.4inch.
Porcelain KVP plate from 1955.
The Kasernierte Volkspolizei (German for Barracked People’s Police) was the precursor to the National People’s Army (NVA) in East Germany. Their original headquarters was in Adlershof locality in Berlin, and from 1954 in Strausberg in modern-day Brandenburg. They ceased to exist after 1956, having been transformed into the NVA.
In October 1948 the Soviet Military Administration in Germany formed the Alert Police (Bereitschaftspolizei), a force of armed units housed in barracks and trained in military fashion. The force consisted of forty units with 100–250 men each, the units being subordinated to provincial authorities. Many of the officers and men were recruited from among German POWs held in the Soviet Union.
KVP in parade.
(12.5.19)
Price: 20.00 euro
Size: 23cm./9.05inch
Plate from the DDR from the Civil Defence Force. On the top the plate says:”Protect And Help”. In the middle it says:”Civil Defence”. On the bottom it says:”Presented By The Civil Defence Staff.”.
(25.20)
(15.20)
Price: 25.00 euro
Size: 39x23cm./15.3×9.05inch.
Metal plate on wood with the text:”Motor Vehicle Service Border Patrol German Democrat republic”. In perfect condition.
(95.20)
(55.20)
Price: 95.00 euro
Size box: 36.5cm./14.3inch.
Size bowl: 30cm./11.8inch.
Unussual big bowl from the DDR. It is made out of glass and heavy. The bowl says:”Bordertroops Of The German Democratic Republic.” and in the center:”Border Command Center”.
The Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic was the border guard of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1946 to 1990.
The Grenztruppen were the primary force guarding the Berlin Wall and the Inner German border. The force belonged to the Ministry of National Defence (MfNV) from 1961, and was a service branch of the National People’s Army until 1971 when it became directly subordinate to the MfNV. The Border Troops numbered approximately 47,000 personnel at its peak, consisting of volunteers and conscripts, the third largest Warsaw Pact border guard after Soviet Union and Poland.
The Grenztruppen main role was preventing Republikflucht, the illegal migration from the GDR, and were controversially responsible for many deaths at the Berlin Wall. At least 29 border guards were killed in the line of duty, and many faced criminal charges after German Reunification.
(15.20)
Price:35.00 euro
Size box: 29cm./11.4inch.
Size plate: 27.5cm/10.8inch.
Copper DDR plate to commemorate Soviet and DDR friendship. The plate says: “Entered in the honorary book of the central board of the society for German Soviet friendship“
Price: 10.00 euro
This is the silver medal for 20 years of service as a volunteer to the civil defense of the DDR. The medal says:”Medal of service, civil defense”. They started with this medal in 1977 until 1985. After 1985 the medal was slightly different. This medal is from 1977-1985.
There were 3 types of medals:
Bronze: 10 years of service
Silver: 20 years of service
Gold: 30 years of service
The Bronze, Silver and Gold edition.
Before 1985 front
Before 1985 back
(7.5.20) (7.5.20)
Price: 7.50 euro
This is the bronze medal for 10 years of service as a volunteer to the civil defense of the DDR. The medal says:”Medal of service, civil defense”. These medals were made from 1977-1985. After 1985 the medal was slightly different. This medal is from after 1985.
There were 3 types of medals:
Bronze: 10 years of service
Silver: 20 years of service
Gold: 30 years of service
All medals of volunteer if civil defense medals.
Price: 5,00 euro
This medal was issued in 1969 for faithful service as a reserve in the nation people’s army. The front of the medal says:”Reservist of the national people army”, the back of the medal says:”For protection that workers and farmers make”.
The medal came in three different types.
Bronze: for serving 18-24 months
Silver: for serving 2 to 10 years
Gold: for serving more than 10 years
All types of serving in the peoples army medals.
Price: 2.50 euro
The collective of socialist work, was a collective award in the DDR. This is the first award. 2nd. award and up were distinquished with 2, 3 or more flags on top of the medal. The 1970 issue had no plastic layer on the flag, after 1973 they did. So this medal is the 1973 issue. They started with this award in 1960 and recognized high production successes, special successes in socialist community work and above all in the socialist competition.
The front of the medal says:”The Collective Of Socialistic Work” and the back of the medal says:”Learn And Live Socialistic Work”.
It was about fulfilling political, cultural and professional demands as well as adhering to socialist morals and ethics.
By 1989 4.8 million people had recieved the award.
(5.20)
Price: 5.00 euro
DDR medal, bronze. The medal was awarded in three classes for faithful fulfillment of duties and recognition of exemplary achievements in the ranks of the combat groups of the DDR.
All medals of merit.
(11.19) (10.20(x14))
Price: 10.00 euro
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
(12.5.19)
Price: 12.50 euro
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: 12.50 euro
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.
Price: 10.00 euro
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.
Price: 7.50 euro
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.
(350.19)
Price: 650.00 euro
Size: 206x110cm./81.1×43.3inch.
Very big DDR carpet with portraits of Lenin, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Made in sandcolored background and red flags on the sides, The brown main border is decorated with the state coat of arms of the DDR, the red star and hammer and sickle. At the top there are loops for wall mounting.
Most of the DDR carpets was made in the DDR but some were made in Turkey and shipped to the DDR. Like this one. This unusually big carpet was probably hung in government buildings.
The carpet is in perfect condition with no damages and was bought in the 70’s and taken to the Netherlands. And afer 40 years now for sale.
It is been known that another version of this carpet the heads are looking the other way (left). This carpet the heads are looking right and is more rarer.
The carpet hanging in the Statsi museum in Berlin.
(7.5.20)
Price: 7.50 euro
This is the bronze medal for 5 years of service in the national’s people’s army of the DDR. They started with this type of medal in 1956 and stopped in 1990.
Faithful Service Medals with a similar design were issued by Border Guards (Grenztruppen) and Civil Defense (Zivilverteidigung).
There were 4 different medals for this purpose;
Bronze: 5 years of service (no stripe)
Silver: 10 years of service (white stripe)
Gold: 15 years of service (yellow stripe)
Gold: 20 years of service (gold stripe and Roman numerals XX)
All medals of People Army Service.
Price: 10.00 euro
This is the silver medal for 10 years of service in the national’s people’s army of the DDR. They started with this type of medal in 1956 and stopped in 1990.
Faithful Service Medals with a similar design were issued by Border Guards (Grenztruppen) and Civil Defense (Zivilverteidigung).
There were 4 different medals for this purpose;
Bronze: 5 years of service (no stripe)
Silver: 10 years of service (white stripe)
Gold: 15 years of service (yellow stripe)
Gold: 20 years of service (gold stripe and Roman numerals XX)
All medals of People Army Service.
(15.19)
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 12.5x6cm./4.9×2.3inch.
Weight: 66gr./2.3oz.
This is the gold medal for 20 years of service in the national’s people’s army of the DDR. They started with this type of medal in 1956 and stopped in 1990.
Faithful Service Medals with a similar design were issued by Border Guards (Grenztruppen) and Civil Defense (Zivilverteidigung).
There were 4 different medals for this purpose;
Bronze: 5 years of service (no stripe)
Silver: 10 years of service (white stripe)
Gold: 15 years of service (yellow stripe)
Gold: 20 years of service (gold stripe and Roman numerals XX)
All medals of People Army Service.
Price: 12.50 euro
This is the gold medal for 15 years of service in the national’s people’s army of the DDR. They started with this type of medal in 1956 and stopped in 1990.
Faithful Service Medals with a similar design were issued by Border Guards (Grenztruppen) and Civil Defense (Zivilverteidigung).
There were 4 different medals for this purpose;
Bronze: 5 years of service (no stripe)
Silver: 10 years of service (white stripe)
Gold: 15 years of service (yellow stripe)
Gold: 20 years of service (gold stripe and Roman numerals XX)
All medals of People Army Service.
(50.19)
Price: 65.00 euro
These works of Stalin are his thoughts and political ideas written down based on the works of Karl Marx and his friend Lenin (Marxism, Lenism) in order to mobilise the Russian people for his political program.
In the DDR the communistic ruling party, the SED, wanted these works to be translated and published for the German people in 1950. Resulting in the 13 editions of the Stalin Werke. Originally there were 15 parts but after the death of Stalin an because of the rejected Stalin ideology by Khrushchev the 14th. and 15th. edition of the works were put on hold. These last 2 books were eventually published in1976.
(15.19)
Price: 25.00 euro
Beautiful medal from the DDR. It was for the FDJ (Freie Deutsche Jugend, Free German Youth) organisation. The medal is from 1952 and has serial number 00113. The medal says:”Fur hervorragende Leistungen im Fünfjahrplan” wich means “For Excellence In The Five Year Plan”.
They started with these type of medals in 1952 end it ended it 1959 and was givin to individuals. The First Five Year Plan (1951–55) introduced centralized state planning; it stressed high production quotas for heavy industry and increased labor productivity. The pressures of the plan caused an exodus of DDR citizens to West Germany.
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.
(450.20)
(175.19)
Price: 450.00 euro
Size: 134x86cm./52.7×33.8inch.
Beautiful in perfect condition carpet from the DDR. From 1973.
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.
The Combat Groups of the Working Class was formed on 1953, in response to the Uprising of 1953 in the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) which had occurred three months earlier, and was violently suppressed by the Volkspolizei. The KDA was intended to mirror the People’s Militias of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia which played a very important part in the consolidation of party’s power in Czechoslovakia in 1948.
Membership was mainly drawn from workers from state enterprises.
The KDA carpet in a museum
KDA flag
(7.19) (7.20)
Price: 7.00 euro
Size: 12.5x6cm./4.9×2.3inch.
Weight: 66gr./2.3oz.
This is a medal for 15 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
(175.19)
Price: 350.00 euro
Size: 151x93cm./59.4×36.6inch.
Very rare FDJ DDR carpet. In perfect condition. The carpet says:”FDJ Commitment”. And DDR-30. Probably 30 years. The FDJ was founded in 1946 and DDR in 1949 so this carpet is from 1976 or 1979. The 2 faces on the upper left are most likely Ernst Thalmann and Wilhelm Pieck.
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 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.
FDJ youth
FDJ with DDR flags in parade
FDJ flag
DDR and USSR flags in parade
FDJ carrying North Korean flags.
(175.19)
Price: 450.00 euro
Size: 151x93cm./59.4×36.6inch.
Very rare DDR carpet with Ernst Thalmann on it. The carpet is in perfect condition. Totally original. Very well made.
Ernst Thalmann (1886-1944) was a German communist politician. He was leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) from 1925 to 1933. A committed Stalinist, Thalmann played a major role in the political instability of the Weimar Republic in its final years, when the KPD explicitly sought the overthrow of the liberal democracy of the republic. Under his leadership the KPD became intimately associated with the government of the Soviet Union and the policies of Joseph Stalin, and from 1928 the party was largely controlled and funded by Stalin’s government.
The KPD under Thalmann’s leadership regarded the Social Democratic Party (SPD) as Social fascists. Thalmann viewed the Nazi Party as a lesser evil than the social democrats, and in 1931 his party cooperated with the Nazis in an attempt to bring down the social democrat state government. Thalmann believed that a Nazi dictatorship would fail due to flawed economic policies and lead to a revolutionary situation in which the communist party gained power.
Thalmann was also leader of the paramilitary Roter Frontkampferbund, which was banned as extremist by the governing social democrats in 1929, and in 1932 he established Antifaschistische Aktion or Antifa, which concentrated its attacks on the social democrats. He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1933 and held in solitary confinement for eleven years; Stalin did not seek his release when he entered into the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact with Germany, and Thalmann’s party rival Walter Ulbricht ignored requests to plead on his behalf. Many of Thalmann’s closest associates who had emigrated to the Soviet Union were executed during the Great Purge of the 1930s