Honored Member of the People's National Army

Honored member of the NVA
Medal on ribbon (obverse)
Founder:	Council of Ministers of the GDR
Foundation year:	1975
Strap buckle:
Carrying method:	left breast side

The honorary title of Honored Member of the National People's Army was a state award of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), which was awarded in the form of a medal. It was donated on November 14, 1975 and awarded for the first time on February 20, 1976. The maximum number of awards was limited to only 20 carriers per year and could only be awarded once to one and the same person. With the honorary title, members of the NVA could be honored for outstanding services if these services had led to an increase in the combat readiness of the NVA .

Appearance

The gold-plated medal with a diameter of 35 mm shows on its obverse the large state coat of arms of the GDR (diameter 14.5 mm) on a red background. Around the coat of arms is the inscription: FOR THE PROTECTION OF WORKERS AND FARMING POWER . The subsequent edge of the medal is covered by a large golden laurel wreath on which two crossed daggers are placed below . The reverse of the medal shows the four-line inscription:

DESERVED
NATIONALS
OF THE NATIONAL
PEOPLE'S ARMY

Carrying method

The medal was worn on the upper left side of the chest on a pentagonal clasp with a silver-gray coated ribbon and a gold laurel group. Two vertical red stripes are woven into the tape itself, the outer one 0.5 mm wide and the inner 2 mm wide. The distance from the hem is 3 mm to the first inner strip, with the second strip then continuing 0.5 mm. The interim clasp is of the same quality and also shows the gold laurel group in the middle as a miniature.

Web links

• Illustration of the medal

Individual evidence

1. ^ Frank Bartel: Awards of the German Democratic Republic from the beginning to the present. Recordings by Jürgen Karpinski. Military Publishing House of the German Democratic Republic , Berlin 1979, p. 139.