Excellent cooperative member
The honorary title of Outstanding Cooperative Member was a state award of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), which was awarded in the form of a medal. It was donated on February 18, 1954. It was bestowed on members of the agricultural and horticultural production cooperatives , but also on production cooperatives of inland , sea and coastal fishing , if the loan beneficiaries were involved in the development of their cooperative and in building socialism in agriculture had an excellent share. The maximum number of awards increased from year to year, so the honorary title could be awarded:
- 1958: 100 times a year
- from 1958: 200 times a year
- from 1978: 250 times a year.
Awards for entire collectives were usually hung on the wall in the cooperative's canteen or in the ballroom in the form of a certificate and / or medal.
Appearance
The bronze medal with a diameter of 33 mm shows a radiant rising sun on its obverse , in front of it an ear of wheat growing out of the ground. Under the ear of wheat there is a semicircular laurel wreath that is open to the top and ends with the inscription: OUTSTANDING COOPERATIVE . The reverse of the medal shows the GDR's national coat of arms .
Carrying method
The medal was worn on the upper left chest on a 34 × 11 mm green ribbon. A black, red and gold central stripe is woven into it.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bartel, Karpinski: Awards of the German Democratic Republic. Military publishing house of the GDR 1979, pages 125–126.