Medal of Outstanding Instructor
The Medal of Outstanding Instructors was an award from the Society for Sport and Technology in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), which was donated in three stages, bronze , silver and gold at an unknown date. They were usually awarded to GST trainers for excellent training results of their trainees.
Appearance and wearing style
The bronze, silver-plated or gold-plated medal with a diameter of 31.5 mm shows the inscription on its obverse : HERVOR- / RAGENDER / AUS- / BILDER / GST and a laurel branch in the middle on the lower edge of the medal that bends upwards to the left. The lapel of the medal shows the GST symbol in the center, an anchor overlaid by a crossed rifle and propeller. The whole thing is enclosed by two double laurel branches connected below, which bend in a circle to the left and right of the medal edge. The medal was worn on the upper left side of the chest on a trapezoidal red enameled clasp, the base of which was grained. It showed the GST symbol in the middle, under which two crossed laurel branches can be seen again.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Awards of the German Democratic Republic Bartel / Karpinski, Military Publishing House of the GDR 1979, page 192