Friendship star

Award of the Great Star of Friendship of Nations to Edgar Miles Bronfman by Erich Honecker , 1988

The Star of Friendship between Nations was a medal that was awarded in the GDR . It was donated on August 20, 1959 and served to “honor extraordinary services to the German Democratic Republic, to the understanding and friendship of the peoples and to the maintenance of peace” . The order consists of a five-pointed star with the GDR emblem in the center, on the wreath of ears there is a symbolic dove of peace after Pablo Picasso . There was also a medal clasp and a 2.50 m long shoulder strap.

The Star of Friendship of Nations was awarded in three classes:

1. Great star of friendship between peoples in gold
2. Star of friendship between nations in gold
3. Star of friendship among peoples in silver.

The Big Star has been awarded at least 163 times, making it one of the rarest medals in the GDR.

“Star of Friendship of Nations” in the classes silver and gold, next to it “Great Star of Friendship of Nations” in gold. ( from left to right )

Bearer of the order (selection)

1963: Eva Schmidt-Kolmer 1964: Manfred Gerlach 1965: Josip Broz Tito 1967: Hermann Matern 1968: Lothar Bolz 1969: Ernst Goldenbaum , Paul Scholz , Emil Fuchs 1970: Franz Dahlem , Anna Seghers , Paul Wandel 1972: Greta Kuckhoff , Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch (both gold) 1974: Albert Norden , Carlos Contreras Labarca (Gold) 1975: Otto Winzer , collective of the MS Völkerfreundschaft 1976: Paul Scholz , Hermann Budzislawski 1976: Walter Hollitscher 1977: Franz Dahlem , Karl Mewis , Erwin Kramer , Harry Thürk 1978: Willy Rumpf , Kurt Seibt

1979: Jürgen Kuczynski , Albert Norden , Paul Dessau , Hans Pischner 1980: Käthe Kern 1981: Heinz Oelzner 1982: Hilde Benjamin , Harald Hauser , Arnold Zimmermann (gold) 1983: Kurt Seibt , Erich Arendt , Paul Roscher , Wolfgang Vogel 1984: Walter Bartel , Wolfgang Junker , Arthur Ploog (silver), Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski , Erich Rost 1985: Peter Florin , Alfred Lemmnitz , Kurt Liebknecht , Dean Reed , Patricio Bunster (gold) 1986: Eberhard Heinrich , Paul Verner , Dr. Klaus Löblich (gold) 1986: Otto Prokop (gold), Petar Tantschew , Aleksi Ivanov , Angel Dimitrov 1987: Klaus Gysi , Karl Kleinjung , Walter Heynowski , Otmar Suitner , Annelie Löblich (gold) 1988: Paula Acker , Lotte Ulbricht , Heinz Galinski , Birgit Fischer , Lutz Heßlich , Martin Flämig , Nelson Mandela 1989: Theo Adam , Peter Schreier , Arthur Ploog (Gold)

Web links

Commons : Stern der Völkerfreundschaft  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Frank Bartel: Awards of the German Democratic Republic from the beginning to the present. Berlin: Military Publishing House of the GDR 1979
2. ^ Meyers New Lexicon in eight volumes, VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1964, Volume 7, p. 770
3. ↑ Views of the order, the clasp and the shoulder ribbon at an e-bay auction; Retrieved December 16, 2009
4. ↑ German Society for Ordinary Studies : https://www.deutsche-gesellschaft-fuer-ordenskunde.de/DGOWP/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/VL-GSdV-1964-1989.pdf as of 10/2015