List of state and non-state awards of the GDR
In this list , the state and non-state awards as well as prizes and honorary titles of the GDR awarded by the German Democratic Republic are recorded and listed according to categories and date of foundation:
medal
- Karl Marx Order (1953)
- Patriotic Order of Merit (1954)
- Labor Banner (1954)
- Friendship of Nations (1959)
- Blücher Order (1968)
- Scharnhorst Order (1966)
- Kampforden "For services to people and fatherland" (1966)
- Military Order of Merit of the German Democratic Republic (1982)
- Order of Merit of the Ministry for State Security (1990) (no longer donated)
- Stauffenberg Order (1990) (no longer donated)
Prices
- National Prize of the German Democratic Republic (1949)
- Heinrich Greif Prize (1951)
- Lessing Prize (1954)
- Prize for artistic folk creation (1955)
- Heinrich Heine Prize (1956)
- Ćišinski Prize (1956)
- Carl Blechen Prize (1956)
- Johannes R. Becher Medal (1958)
- Art Prize of the GDR (1959)
- Rudolf Virchow Prize (1960)
- GutsMuths Prize (1961)
- Friedrich Engels Prize (1970)
- Theodor Körner Prize (GDR) (1970)
- Architecture Prize of the German Democratic Republic (1976)
- Design Award of the German Democratic Republic (1978)
- Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Prize (1979)
Honorary title
- Activist badge of the state-owned enterprises (1949)
- Activist badge of the machine rental stations (1949)
- Honored Teacher of the People (1949)
- Honored Doctor of the People (1949)
- Hero of Labor (1950)
- Honored Activist (1950)
- Honored Inventor (1950)
- Excellent Quality Brigade (1950)
- Best Quality Brigade (1950–1964)
- Honored Miner of the German Democratic Republic (1950)
- Master carver (1950)
- Honored Railroad Worker of the German Democratic Republic (1950)
- Great Scientist of the People (1951)
- Honored Technician of the People (1951)
- Master builder (1951–1960)
- Honored Breeder (1952)
- Honored Veterinarian (1952)
- Honored Activist (1953)
- Honored Master (1953–1958)
- Best Master (1953)
- Activist of the Five Year Plan (1953–1960)
- Brigade of Collective Activist Work (1953-1960)
- Outstanding Cooperative (1954)
- Brigade of Excellence (1954–1977)
- Master of Sports (1954)
- Honored Master of Sports (1954)
- Outstanding youth brigade of the German Democratic Republic (1955–1963)
- Socialist Labor Brigade (1959–1962)
- Community of Socialist Labor (1960–1962)
- Master builder of cooperative production (1960)
- Outstanding Young Activist (1960)
- Activist of the Seven Year Plan (1960–1969)
- Collective of Socialist Labor (1962)
- Excellent youth collective of the German Democratic Republic (1963)
- Honored Seaman (1965)
- Honored People's Police Officer of the German Democratic Republic (1966)
- Operation of Socialist Labor (1969)
- Socialist Labor Activist (1969)
- Honored Employee of the State Security (1969)
- Honored employee of the customs administration of the German Democratic Republic (1972)
- Honored Construction Worker of the German Democratic Republic (1972)
- Honored military aviator of the German Democratic Republic (1974)
- Honored Energy Worker of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Honored Metallurgist of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Honored chemical worker of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Honored Metalworker of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Honored worker in the light, food and food industry of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Honored worker in the transport sector of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Honored employee in trade in the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Honored worker in the field of domestic and communal services in the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Honored worker in the postal and telecommunications system of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Honored University Professor of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Hero of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Honored Member of the National People's Army (1975)
- Honored Member of the Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Honored Veterinarian of the German Democratic Republic (1976)
- Honored Cooperative Farmer of the German Democratic Republic (1976)
- Honored worker in agriculture and forestry in the German Democratic Republic (1977)
- Honored Member of the Civil Defense of the German Democratic Republic (1977)
- Aviation cosmonaut of the German Democratic Republic (1978)
- Honored employee of the planning bodies of the German Democratic Republic (1978)
- Honored employee of the finance department of the German Democratic Republic (1978)
- Honored lawyer of the German Democratic Republic (1979)
- Honored water manager of the German Democratic Republic (1979)
- Honored employee in the foreign policy service (1979)
- Honored People's Controller of the German Democratic Republic (1981)
- Honored Healthcare Worker (1985)
State medals
- Medal of Merit of the GDR (1959)
- Decoration of Honor of the German People's Police (1949)
- Medal for services to mine rescue services (1951)
- Medal for excellence in service for Germany (1952–1962)
- Medal for exemplary border service (1953)
- Medal for Excellent Achievement (1953)
- Medal for excellent performance in competition (1953)
- Medal for faithful service in the barracked people's police (1954)
- Clara Zetkin Medal (1954)
- Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Wander Medal (1954 only)
- Achievement badge of the German Border Police (1954–1962)
- Achievement badge of the barracked people's police (1954–1956)
- GDR Life Saving Medal (1954)
- Medal for fighting the flood disaster in July 1954 (1954 only)
- Medal for loyalty service in the German People's Police (1955–1959)
- Hans Beimler Medal (1956)
- Medal of Merit of the National People's Army (1956)
- Achievement Badge of the National People's Army (1956–1977)
- Medal for Faithful Service in the National People's Army (1956)
- Medal of Merit of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (1956)
- Medal for loyal service to the Deutsche Reichsbahn (1956)
- Pestalozzi Medal for Faithful Service (1956)
- Medal for selfless service in fighting disasters (1957)
- Medal for participation in the armed struggles of the German working class from 1918 to 1923 (1957)
- Medal for fighters against fascism 1933 to 1945 (1958)
- Hufeland Medal (1958)
- Medal for Faithful Service in the Armed Forces of the Ministry of the Interior (1959)
- Medal for Loyalty Service in the Voluntary Fire Brigade (1959)
- Medal for excellent performance in agricultural production cooperatives (1959)
- Medal of Merit of the German Democratic Republic (1959)
- Medal for excellence in the armed organs of the Ministry of the Interior (1959)
- Dr. Theodor Neubauer Medal (1959)
- Loyalty Service Medal of the Deutsche Post (1960)
- Medal of Merit of the Working Class Struggle Groups (1961)
- Achievement badge of the border troops (1962–1977)
- Medal for Faithful Service in Civil Aviation (1962)
- Medal of Merit of the Shipping Industry (1965)
- Medal for Loyalty Service in the Shipping Industry (1965)
- Commemorative medal for the 20th anniversary of the land reform - democratic land reform (1965 only)
- Medal for Merit in the Administration of Justice (1965)
- Medal for excellence in working class combat groups (1965)
- Medal for loyal service in the fighting groups of the working class (1965)
- Brotherhood of Arms Medal (1966)
- Medal of Merit of the organs of the Ministry of the Interior (1966)
- Medal of Merit of the Customs Administration of the German Democratic Republic (1967)
- Medal for loyal service in the customs administration of the German Democratic Republic (1967)
- Medal for Merits in Fire Protection (1968)
- Blücher Medal (1968)
- Honorary plaque of the Minister for Higher and Technical Schools of the GDR for "Services to the University and Technical College Training"
- Decoration of Honor for Physical Culture and Sport of the German Democratic Republic (1969)
- Karl Liebknecht Medal (1970)
- Medal of Merit in Civil Defense (1970)
- German Post Medal of Merit (1970)
- Medal "Exemplary apprentice collective in socialist professional competition" (1970)
- Medal "For very good performance in socialist professional competition" (1970)
- Medal for services in the energy industry of the German Democratic Republic (1971)
- Medal for services to the coal industry of the German Democratic Republic (1972)
- Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Construction of the German Democratic Republic (1972)
- Medal for merits in the people's control of the German Democratic Republic (1973)
- Medal for Faithful Service in Health and Welfare (1973)
- Medal for long-term fulfillment of duties to strengthen the national defense of the German Democratic Republic (1974)
- Medal-awarded folk art collective of the German Democratic Republic (1974)
- Medal for merits in the artistic work of the German Democratic Republic (1974)
- Medal for outstanding achievements in mining and in the energy industry of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Medal for excellence in metallurgy of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Medal for outstanding achievements in the chemical industry of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Medal for excellence in the metalworking industry of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Medal for outstanding achievements in the light, food and food industry of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Transport in the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Medal for excellence in trade of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Medal for excellent achievements in the field of house and communal services of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Medal for excellent performance in the water management of the German Democratic Republic (1975)
- Humboldt Medal (1975)
- Medal for outstanding achievements in agricultural production cooperatives of the German Democratic Republic (1977)
- Medal for outstanding achievements in agriculture and forestry of the German Democratic Republic (1977)
- Medal for loyal service in civil defense of the German Democratic Republic (1977)
- Medal for the faithful fulfillment of duty in civil defense of the German Democratic Republic (1977)
- Medal of Merit of the Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic (1977)
- Medal for loyal service in the border troops of the German Democratic Republic (1977)
- Medal for the 30th anniversary of the founding of the GDR (1978)
- Medal for excellence in finance in the German Democratic Republic (1978)
- Medal for excellent performance in economic planning of the German Democratic Republic (1978)
- Kurt Barthel Medal (1979)
- Medal for Excellence in Foreign Policy Service (1979)
- Helene Weigel Medal (1980)
- Military Merit Medal of the German Democratic Republic (1982)
- Decoration of Honor for Outstanding Achievements in Fire Protection (1982)
- Medal for Excellence in Geology (1983)
- Medal of Merit of the Forestry of the German Democratic Republic (1984)
- Medal for services to the Central Youth Object FDJ-Initiative Berlin (1985)
- Medal for the faithful service of volunteers in protecting the state border of the German Democratic Republic (1986)
- Johannes Dobberstein Medal for services in the veterinary service of the GDR (1987)
- Friedrich Wolf Medal (1988)
- Medal of Honor for the 40th Anniversary of the German Democratic Republic (1988)
- Dr. Richard Sorge Medal for Combat Merit (1990 - no longer awarded)
Non-governmental award from the GDR ministries
Ministry of National Defense
The Ministry for National Defense of the GDR also awarded non-governmental decorations, which primarily served to recognize and initiate outstanding achievements in training, but also in education. Also for services in the best and innovator movement and to fulfill the military class mandate of the NVA:
“To secure the necessary external conditions for the construction of socialism and communism in unshakable cooperation with the Soviet Army and the other socialist brother armies, to reliably protect the state border, the territory, the airspace and the coastal area of the GDR as well as the allied socialist states, the combat strength and combat readiness to constantly improve qualitatively and to resolutely counter any imperalist aggression. "
The following decorations were awarded for this purpose:
- National People's Army Achievement Badge (1956)
- Service career badge (NVA) (1957–1983)
- Rifle Cord (NVA) (1957)
- Badge for the 2nd anniversary of the NVA (1958)
- Classification clasps (gradually from 1958)
- Achievement badge of the border troops (1962)
- Graduate badge (NVA) (from 1961)
- Badge of Honor of the Army Sports Association "Forward" (1963)
- Best Badge (1964)
- Reservist badge (NVA) (1965)
- Parachute Jump Badge (1966)
- Badge for the 10th anniversary of the NVA (1966)
- Martial arts needle of the National People's Army (1966–1968)
- Military Sports Badge (NVA) (1968)
- Badge of Honor for Services in Socialist Defense Education (1975)
- Badge for the 20th anniversary of the NVA (1976)
- Badge of Honor for special achievements in hunting by the NVA (1977)
- Badge for members of the NVA hunting party (1977)
- Badge for the 25th anniversary of the NVA (1981)
- Great Voyage Badge (1981)
- Badge for the 30th anniversary of the NVA (1986)
- Anniversary medal "30 years of the National People's Army" (1986)
Ministry of the Interior
- Graduate badge for officers (MdI)
- Best Badge (MdI)
- Badge for "exemplary work" (MdI)
- Classification clasp (MdI)
- Commemorative badge "25 years of the People's Police" (1970)
- Martial Arts Badge (MdI) (1972)
- Commemorative badge "40 years of the People's Police" (1985)
Ministry of State Security
- Award for Loyalty to the Ministry of State Security (1953)
- Badges of honor of SV Dynamo (1955)
- Badge of the summer sports championships of the German Border Police (1956/1957)
- Medal for excellent work by the MfS (1957 - not endowed)
- Badge of the Soldiers Festival of the Guard Regiment "Feliks Dzierzynski" (1960)
- Martial arts badge of the 4th Border Brigade (1961)
- Honorary title Dzierzynski athlete (1969)
- Commemorative badge for the anniversaries of the founding of the MfS (1970)
- Badge of Honor Dzierzynski athlete (1988)
- Military athletic achievement badge
- Graduate badge (MfS)
- Badge of honor Dzierzynski young athlete
- Martial arts badge "Dynamo"
- Dr. Richard Sorge Medal
- Central master needle of SV Dynamo (1953–1977)
- Master's needle of the SV Dynamo of the district organization Karl-Marx-Stadt
- MfS Medal of Merit (1990 - no longer awarded)
Ministry of Popular Education
- Lessing Medal (1950)
- Badge of Honor of the Ministry of National Education (1963–1973)
- Badge of Honor for Services in Socialist Education (1973)
Combat groups of the working class of the GDR
- Best badge of the combat groups
- Combat troops shooting badges
- Commemorative medal "20 years of working class combat groups" (1979)
Awards of the parties
- Badge of honor of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
- Medal of honor of the LDPD
- Wilhelm Külz Badge of Honor (1957)
- Badge of Honor of the NDPD (1957)
- Otto Nuschke Decoration of Honor (1960)
- Badge of Honor of the DBD (1962)
- Badge of honor for 25 years of membership in the DBD (1973)
Awards from social organizations
Free German Federation of Trade Unions
The following awards were given by the unified trade union organization FDGB in the area of organization.
- Badge of honor for long-term membership in the trade unions (1954)
- Fritz Heckert Medal (1955)
- Art Prize of the FDGB (1958)
- Badge of honor for 25 years of membership in the FDGB (1970)
- Hermann Duncker Medal (1972)
- Journalist Award of the FDGB (1972)
- Youth Innovation Award (1976)
- Recognition medal of the builders of Berlin (1981)
Free German Youth
The following awards were given by the state youth organization FDJ as a mass organization.
- Brick Action Activist (1948)
- Badge of the participants in the peace meeting of German youth in Berlin (1949)
- Young activist (1949)
- Awards of the professional competition (1949)
- Young Activist Award (1949)
- Badge for good knowledge (1949)
- Peace Medal (1950)
- Badge "For good performance in rebuilding Berlin"
- Thälmann Medal (1951)
- Medal "For excellence in the five-year plan" (1952)
- Harvest Needle (1953)
- Outstanding Young Activist (1953)
- Young innovator in agriculture (1954–1960)
- Philipp Müller Medal (1954)
- Ernst Thälmann badge (1955)
- Badge "For outstanding achievements in the elimination of flood hazards in the Unstruttal" (1955)
- Erich Weinert Medal (1957)
- Award for the socialist upbringing of our youth (1958–1960)
- Trattendorf Medal (1959)
- Artur Becker Medal (1959)
- Badge for good work in compass competition (1960)
- Pre-Military Training Achievement Badge (1960)
- Medal for outstanding achievements in socialist education in the pioneer organization "Ernst Thälmann" (1961)
- Medal "Combat Mission of the FDJ 1961" (1961)
- Medal of Honor for strengthening the fraternal relationship between the FDJ and the Lenin Communist Youth Association of the Soviet Union (1964)
- Badge "For high achievements in honor of the GDR" (1967)
- Medal for Excellence in Movement Measuring the Masters of Tomorrow (1969)
- Medal Lenin contingent of the FDJ (1970)
- Medal of Honor "Commitment and Action to Protect the GDR" (1972–1978)
- Medal for the "For Outstanding Scientific Achievement" Prize (1972)
- Ernst Thälmann Banner (1973)
- Badge for the Ernst Thälmann banner (1973)
- Medal "For Excellent Propaganda Achievements" (1973)
- Medal "For excellent performance in the FDJ festival range" (1973)
- Badge of honor for exemplary performance in the "FDJ-Initiative DDR 25" (1974)
- Medal "Party Congress Initiative of the FDJ" (1976)
- Youth Innovation Award (1976)
- Medal “FDJ Order IX. Party Congress " (1977)
- Medal of Honor for Outstanding Achievement in the FDJ Initiative Berlin (1977)
- Medal of Honor "Commitment and Action to Protect Socialism" (1979)
- Village of Youth (1987)
Society for German-Soviet Friendship
As a mass organization, the Society for German-Soviet Friendship (DSF) awarded its own badges and medals.
- Badge of Honor of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship (1954)
- Johann Gottfried Herder Medal (1957)
- DSF Art Prize
National front
The National Front awarded medals and decorations in the area of neighborhood aid.
- Ernst Moritz Arndt Medal (1955–1975)
- National Front Badge of Honor (1955)
- Decoration of Honor for Exemplary Neighborhood Help (1973)
- Medal of Honor of the National Front (1975)
Society for sport and technology
The technical-military mass organization GST awarded its medals and badges for special achievements in their field.
- Ernst Schneller Medal (1961)
- Ernst Schneller Prize (1977)
- Medal of Outstanding Instructor
- Active work badge
- GST badge of achievement (almost 200 awards)
German Gymnastics and Sports Association of the GDR
Badges of achievement and honor were awarded by the DTSB .
- Ernst Grube Medal (1958–1961)
- Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Medal (1961)
- Badge of Honor of the Democratic Sports Movement (1957)
- Badge of Honor of the DTSB (1958)
- Sports performance badge of the GDR (1950)
Awards from the German Red Cross of the GDR
- Decoration of honor of the DRK of the GDR
- Nursing service brace (1966)
- Achievement badge of the DRK "Ready for the medical security of national defense" (1967)
- Loyalty badge of the DRK of the GDR (1971)
- Youth Red Cross Badge (GDR)
- Blood donation badge (GDR)
- Badge of honor for the water and mountain rescue service
Democratic Women's Association of Germany
The mass organization of women, DFD , has been awarding a badge of honor from the Democratic Women's Association of Germany since 1962 .
Kulturbund der DDR
The Kulturbund der DDR awarded decorations in individual cultural areas.
- Johannes R. Becher Medal (1963)
- Badge of honor for special services in the field of socialist local history
- Medal of Honor of Philately
- Achievement badge for young philatelists
- Badge of honor for photography
Peace Council of the GDR
The GDR Peace Council awarded medals for achievements for peace.
- German Peace Medal (1954)
- Merit plaque of the GDR Peace Council (1955)
- Carl von Ossietzky Medal (1962)
- Badge of Honor of the Peace Council of the GDR (1954)
League for Friendship of Peoples
The League for Friendship of Peoples presented the following awards.
- Badge of Honor for Services to the Friendship of Nations (1964)
- Medal for Services to the Friendship of Nations (1974)
Chamber of Technology
The engineering organization of the GDR Chamber of Technology awarded awards for special achievements in the field of engineering.
- Badge of Honor of the Chamber of Technology (1955)
- Ernst Abbe Medal (1965)
- Silver plaque of the Chamber of Technology (1970)
- Badge of Honor from the Chamber of Technology (1970)
Academy of Science
- Leibniz Medal (1946)
Association of Journalists of the GDR
The Association of Journalists of the GDR awarded the Franz Mehring Badge of Honor for services to the association.
Anti-Fascist Resistance Fighters Committee
The Committee of Antifascist Resistance Fighters as the VDN has awarded the Medal of Honor of the Committee of Antifascist Resistance Fighters in the GDR since 1975 .
Society for the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge (Urania)
The Urania - Society for the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge - awarded the Urania Badge of Honor (1956) and the Ernst Haeckel Medal (1981).
Domowina
The Domowina awarded the following awards.
- Badge of Honor of the Dowowina (1959)
- Domowina Literature Prize (1961)
- Domowina Art Prize (1961)
Stock exchange association of German booksellers
- The Booksellers Association of the German booksellers was Wilhelm Bracke - medal in bronze , silver or gold , with or without needle awarded.
Others
- Robert Oettel badge of honor
- Thomas Müntzer Medal (1986)
- Badge of honor of the General German Motorsport Association
- VdgB membership pin
- Badge of honor of the VdgB
- Badge of honor for outstanding solidarity among the people
- Badge of honor for membership in the people's solidarity
Non-governmental awards from central government bodies
- National Reconstruction Awards (1951)
- Badge of Honor of the Organs of Justice (1965)
- Badge for Merit in the Mach-Mit-Movement (1969)
- Badge of Honor for Services in Socialist Education (1973)
- Gerhart Eisler plaque (1975)
- Medal for services to the anti-imperialist solidarity of the Solidarity Committee of the German Democratic Republic (1985)
Company awards
So-called best workers were honored for their achievements in all state- owned companies , and honored as role models in streets of the best . In addition, combined companies, companies and socialist cooperatives, with the tolerance of the party leadership, increasingly donated their own internal awards over the course of the GDR's 40-year existence, which were so different and divergent from one another that a complete list of these awards is impossible. For example, there were awards for merits in setting up the corresponding plant, but also for excellent quality work. Likewise for achievements in the company innovator, for long years of service and also honorary titles for winners in the different socialist competitions among themselves. Important company awards were:
- Awards from SDAG Wismut
- Plaque of honor for the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold - awards of the VE metallurgy trade, foreign and domestic trade company of the GDR
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Nimmergut, Feder, von der Heyde: German medals and decorations. 6th edition. Battenberg-Verlag, 2006
- ^ Frank Bartel, Jürgen Karpinski: Awards of the German Democratic Republic. Military Publishing House of the GDR , Berlin 1979, p. 179.
- ↑ Pioneer of Scientific Truth in New Germany, August 3, 2019 (link for a fee)
- ↑ Birgit Wolf: Language in the GDR: A dictionary . 1st edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 978-3-11-080592-5 , p. 22-23 .
- ^ Frank Bartel, Jürgen Karpinski: Awards of the German Democratic Republic. Military Publishing House of the GDR, Berlin 1979, p. 202.