Great Voyage Badge

Great Voyage Badge

The Badge for Great Voyage was a non-governmental award of the National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), which was introduced for the People's Navy on May 27, 1981 with order number 43/81 by the Minister for National Defense Heinz Hoffmann .

Award terms

The badge could be awarded to all members of the People's Navy who had covered a certain number of nautical miles for specific types of ship as part of special tasks . It was also awarded to civilian employees of the People's Navy and, in exceptional cases, members of foreign fleets if they met the award requirements.

Appearance and wearing style

The pentagonal badge is 45 mm high, 38 mm wide and is made of non-ferrous metal . It shows on its front in the upper area the flag of the People's Navy and below the black inscription FOR GREAT JOURNEY on a golden background. In the center, against a dark blue background, lies a gold-colored naval warship moving to the left. Below this are turquoise stylized waves and the symbol of the globe with a compass rose in the middle . The end and at the same time the tip of the badge is formed by an anchor that merges into an anchor chain on the left and right. This also forms the outer boundary of the badge up to the lettering. The whole badge was covered with polyester resin. The back shows a horizontally soldered needle with a counter-hook for attaching to the sailor suit, where it was to be worn on the upper right side under the classification badge.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Klaus Feder, Jürgen Wagner, Ralf Swoboda: Military badges of the German Democratic Republic. Military Publishing House of the German Democratic Republic, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-327-00523-0 , p. 33.