Medal for excellence in movement measuring the masters of tomorrow
The medal for outstanding achievements in the movement measuring the masters of tomorrow was a state award of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), which was donated and awarded on April 14, 1969 in one stage by the FDJ . The medal could be awarded for outstanding creative achievements of young people in the scientific-technical as well as economic area. The award could not only be given to individuals but also to collectives, each of whom then received this medal. Until 1977 the maximum number of awards was limited to 150 awards, from 1978 it rose to 285 awards.
Appearance and wearing style
The bronze medal with a diameter of 31.5 mm shows on its obverse an open book embossed on the left, which covers a compass and to the right of this a model of the atom. These three symbols are surrounded by the inscription: MEASURING THE MASTERS OF TOMORROW , which makes up about three quarters of the circumference. The reverse of the medal, on the other hand, shows the emblem of the future masters of tomorrow, slightly offset in the middle, and the small coat of arms of the FDJ on the left above it . Both symbols are enamelled in blue. The whole thing is again enclosed with the inscription: FOR EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE , which also makes up three quarters of the circumference. The medal was worn on a 25.5 × 13.5 mm blue enamelled clasp, in the middle of which a black, red and gold vertical central stripe with an enamelled state coat of arms of the GDR can be seen. The interim brace was of the same quality.
Individual evidence
- ^ Frank Bartel: Catalog of the awards and badges of the GDR. Volume 1: Free German Youth and Pioneer Organization "Ernst Thälmann". Regenstauf: Battenberg 2015. P. 144 f.
- ^ Frank Bartel, Jürgen Karpinski: Awards of the German Democratic Republic from the beginning to the present. Berlin (East): Military Publishing House of the GDR 1979, p. 166.