German Peace Medal
The German Peace Medal was the highest award of the Peace Council of the GDR (DFR) of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), which was donated in two stages, silver and gold , in 1954 .
Appearance and wearing style
The silver, later silver-plated or gold-plated medal with a diameter of 35 mm shows on its obverse the portrait of Otto Hahn , seen from the left, and the inscription: FOR MERIT (above) FOR PEACE (below) The circle is completed by two Laurel branches on the left and right of the head on the edge of the medal. The reverse of the medal, on the other hand, shows a flying dove of peace with the inscription below: PEACE COUNCIL . The symbol of peace is surrounded by the inscription: THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC , which makes up three quarters of the circumference. The lower quarter is filled with two modern laurel branches. The medal was worn on the upper left side of the chest on a blue ribbon, in the middle of which a dove of peace in the color of the respective awarded level was placed.
Known porters
- Heinz-Wolfram Mascher , 1951, lawyer and politician
- Heinz Sanke , 1951, geographer
- Emil Fuchs , 1953, theologian
- Joseph Wirth , 1954, politician
- Otto Buchwitz , 1955, politician
- Ernst Goldenbaum , 1955, politician
- Rolf Helm , 1955, lawyer
- Heinrich Homann , 1955, politician
- Karl Kleinschmidt , 1955, pastor and publicist
- Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher , 1955, politician
- Ehm Welk , 1955, writer
- Erich Fabian , 1956, writer
- Maximilian Scheer , 1956, publicist
- Wolfgang Sachse , 1957, pastor
- Manfred von Ardenne , 1958, natural scientist
- Heinz Kamnitzer , 1958, writer
- Gerhard Lotz , 1958, church lawyer
- Josef Orlopp , 1958, trade unionist
- Gertrud Sasse , 1958, teacher
- Anna Seghers , 1958, writer
- Peter Alfons Steiniger , 1958, lawyer
- Curt Böhme , 1959, politician
- Hanns Eisler , 1959, Austrian composer
- Ludwig Renn , 1959, writer
- Walther Siegmund-Schultze , 1959, musicologist and university professor
- Werner Eggerath , 1960, politician
- Joseph Freusberg , 1961, bishop
- Gerhard Rudolf Meyer , 1964, archaeologist
- Georg Grasnick , 1964, journalist
- Rosel Walther , 1965, politician
- Herbert Landmann , 1966, doctor and politician
- Johannes Tralow , 1967, writer
- Nelly Haalck , 1968, politician
- Erich Mielke , 1969, politician, GDR Minister for State Security
- Georg Spielmann , 1970, resistance fighter
- Ralph Abernathy , 1971, African American civil rights activist
- Martin Niemöller , 1977 in gold, theologian and resistance fighter
- Helmut Aris , 1983, President of the Association of Jewish Communities in the GDR
- Rudolf Nehmer , 1983 in silver, painter and graphic artist
- August Bach , politician
- Edgar Bennert , actor, journalist and artistic director
- Georg Boock , politician
- Walter Bredendiek , theologian
- Johannes Dieckmann , politician
- Dieter Eberle , journalist
- Erich Einsporn , physicist
- Walter Friedeberger , doctor
- Otto Hartmut Fuchs , functionary of the GDR CDU
- Manfred Gerlach , politician (LDPD)
- Gerhard Kehnscherper , theologian
- Karl Pagel , councilor
- Ursula Raurin-Kutzner , politician
- Hans Wiedemann , politician
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bartel, Karpinski: Awards of the German Democratic Republic. Military Publishing House of the GDR, 1979, p. 196.