Honored activist

Honored activist in enamel finish with hammer head on the left

Spange Honored Activist

The honorary title of Honored Activist was a state award of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), which was awarded in the form of a badge. The honorary title was donated on November 1, 1953. It could be awarded to workers and employees who:

Over the course of six months, the technical standards were consistently highly over-fulfilled,
performed above-average quality work,
could show significant savings in material, energy and auxiliary materials,
through the organization of activist schools conveyed progressive working methods to constantly retarded work colleagues,
actively contributed to the improvement of production engineering and technology as well as work organization,
had contributed to their further development in occupational safety and security regulations

The honorary title was awarded on October 13 of a current year.

Individual evidence

^ Order of awards in the activist and competition movement in the GDR from November 1, 1953, printed in the legal gazette of the German Democratic Republic of November 17, 1953, year 1953, No. 121, introductory words to the declaration of foundation, p. 1139

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[1] Order of awards in the activist and competition movement in the GDR from November 1, 1953, printed in the legal gazette of the German Democratic Republic of November 17, 1953, year 1953, No. 121, introductory words to the declaration of foundation, p. 1139