Badge for the 25th anniversary of the NVA

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The badge for the 25th anniversary of the NVA was a non-governmental award of the National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), which was donated by the Minister for National Defense Heinz Hoffmann on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the NVA in 1981 .

Appearance

The badge has the shape of a pentagon , but with the point downwards and shows the oversized red letters NVA on a black lacquered background and above the white inscription 25 YEARS . The lower tip is filled with the state coat of arms of the GDR, on the side of which three small bay leaves point outwards on each side. The badge was available in both silver.

Authorization to carry

The badges issued for this occasion were allowed to be worn on the left breast pocket ten days before and on the day in question. The prerequisite for this was that the badge was intended to be worn at all, since there were also non-wearable ones. After the celebrations, the badge had to be removed, but remained in the possession of the borrower.

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. 55.