07-18-2004, 10:48 AM (This post was last modified: 11-30-2008, 07:04 PM by Taz.)
This is maybe not the most popular collecting area on our forum but nevertheless some members might find this link interesting.
It is the rules and regulations for the wearing of State GDR Orders and Medals from 1978 including a list of precedence and where the Orders and medals are to be worn.
Taz Wrote:...some members might find this link interesting....
Eddie,
thank you for this link. I do not collect GDR but used to visit there often when my father was still living. On special occasions, he used to wear one medal only of several he had received as teacher. Now I see that he was following regulations: "when recipient of several medals, wearing the highest medal only is premissible". He had also correctly picked the highest one, No. 84 of the regulation listing, and not the No. 86 he had also been awarded.
Here is the grouping of all the awards he received during the four regimes he lived in (Kaiserreich, Weimar democracy, Hitler era, GDR).
Dietrich,
Glad to be able to help ;)
I'm not a collector either but I think Sebastian is interested in GDR awards.
I notice the III Reich items in your fathers awards are with the swastika and not the 1957 regulation type.
Eddie.
Everybody's equal, But some more than others!
"Those who come to us with the sword - will be killed by the sword" - Alexander Nevski
07-19-2004, 11:39 PM (This post was last modified: 07-19-2004, 11:42 PM by d-riemer.)
Taz Wrote:...... I notice the III Reich items in your fathers awards are with the swastika and not the 1957 regulation type.......
Eddie,
the GDR did not allow any WWII awards, not the 1957-type or the original.
All WWII awards of my father were lost somewhere east of the Oder where he discarded them in February 1945 just prior to surrendering to the Soviets. I purchased the replacements on ebay a few years ago for the display. Only the GDR awards are the actual pieces awarded to him, and only they are backed by documents in my possession. I have just photographs of my father in uniform wearing the WWII awards.
Dietrich,
Thanks for the expanation.
It seems logical that they did not allow them to be worn although I wasn't certain about the 57 regulations in the DDR.
Eddie.
Everybody's equal, But some more than others!
"Those who come to us with the sword - will be killed by the sword" - Alexander Nevski
Taz Wrote:Dietrich,
Thanks for the expanation.
It seems logical that they did not allow them to be worn although I wasn't certain about the 57 regulations in the DDR.
Eddie.
Well, techically 1957 awards were issued by Federal Republic to replace WWII period awards for de-nazification purposes.
I don't see how it would be possible to wear Capitalist awards in Communist German Democratic Republic.
07-20-2004, 09:34 PM (This post was last modified: 07-20-2004, 09:45 PM by Taz.)
William,
Absolutly!
Although the former East Germany (DDR) retained idealogical traditions that were associated with for example the Iron Cross of 1939, despite the arrival of socialism. The Armed Forces of the KVP and the NVA, similar to those of the OBA in Austria or the BGS and BW in West Germany, were reconstructed for the most part by recipients of the Knights Cross. So these awards would still have been treasured by the owners without a doubt, even if they were not allowed to be openly displayed.
Well I think that's enough said about WWII 3rd Reich awards even though the disscussion fits to Dietrichs fathers Award group. :)
Eddie.
Everybody's equal, But some more than others!
"Those who come to us with the sword - will be killed by the sword" - Alexander Nevski
