Medal "Exemplary apprentice collective in socialist professional competition"
The medal exemplary apprentice collective in the socialist vocational competition was a state award of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), which was donated on November 19, 1970 in one stage. The medal could be awarded to members of apprentice collectives who had achieved their specified training goals through exemplary socialist community work and mutual help and thus enabled the collective members to achieve personal top performances. Furthermore, so that the members of the collective both in the company and in public appear class-conscious and active social work and thereby demonstrate excellent results in socialist defense education. The medal could be awarded every year of the apprenticeship.
Appearance and wearing style
The gold-plated medal, which is in the shape of an upside-down square, has an edge length of 23 mm and shows a stylized handshake at the lower tip. In the middle of the black lacquered square is the symbol of the professional competition, an open book that rests in front of a hammer and compass with round ears. This symbolism is enclosed by the inscription: EXEMPLARY APPRENTICE COLLECTIVE . The reverse of the medal, on the other hand, is smooth and shows the four-line inscription: SOCIALISTISCHER / BERUFSWETTBEWERB / DER LEHRLINGE DER / DDR . The medal was worn on a 24 × 15 mm lacquered clasp with a black background in the middle of which a 4 mm wide white bar was embedded horizontally. The symbol of the professional competition just described is embedded in the center of the clasp. The color variant described here was used until 1971, from 1972 the medal and clasp were bronze-colored and no longer painted black, but blue. The medal was initially worn on the upper right side of the chest and then on the left from 1978.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Awards of the German Democratic Republic Bartel / Karpinski, Military Publishing House of the GDR 1979, page 166