Dankward Fehr

[medals73]

Not a very good scan (sorry) of the group to Dankward Fehr (whoever he was).

-- Held der Arbeit / Hero of Work

-- Service Medal of the German Democratic Republic / Verdienstmedaille der Deutsche Demokratische Republik

-- Honored Technician of the People / Verdienter Techniker des Volkes

-- Service Medal of Civil Denense, gold / Verdienstmedaille der Zivilverteidigung, gold

-- Honored Activist / Verdeinter Aktivist

-- Activist of the Seven-Year Plan / Aktivist des Siebenjahreplans 1961, 1965, 1966, and [1968]

-- Artur Becker Medal 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class / Arthur-Becker-Medaille I, II, III (suspension only for 3rd class)

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-- Hero of Work / Held der Arbeit - 17 October 1984

-- Service Medal of the German Democratic Republic / Verdienstmedaille der Deutsche Demokratische Republik - 1 May 1982

-- Honored Technician of the People / Verdienter Techniker des Volkes - 7 October 1972

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-- Service Medal of the Civil Defense, gold / Verdienstmedaille der Zivilverteidigung, gold - 19 April 1980

-- Honored Activist / Verdeinter Aktivist - 28 June 1976

-- Activist of the Seven-Year Plan, 1961 / Aktivist des Siebenjahreplans 1961 - 6 October 1961

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-- Activist of the Seven-Year Plan, 1965 / Aktivist des Siebenjahreplans 1965 - 1 May 1965

-- Activist of the Seven-Year Plan, 1966 / Aktivist des Siebenjahreplans 1966 - undated

-- Activist of the Seven-Year Plan [1968] / Aktivist des Siebenjahreplans [1968] - 7 October 1969

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-- Arthur Becker Medal, 1st variety, gold / Arthur-Becker-Medaille, gold - 19 April 1980

-- Arthur Becker Medal, 1st variety, silver / Arthur-Becker-Medaille, silber - 7 March 1969

The Arthur Becker Medal, 1st variety, bronze / Arthur-Becker-Medaille, bronze -- what remains of it -- is undocumented.

[Taz]

Not a very good scan (sorry) of the group to Dankward Fehr (whoever he was).

Technical Director Dankwart Fehr from the Eisenacher Automobilwerk is a possible owner of this group.

Regards Eddie

[medals73]

Thanks, that would be a possible identification. It would certainly work in terms of location and profession. The DankwarD / DankwarT fluctuation makes him a bit of a moving target.

[Taz]

Here is a photo of the Rally Wartburg team, Fehr on the far left.


AWE Werksmannschaft 1974: Dankward Fehr ( Direktor für Technik ), Wilhelm Hellbach ( AWE Betriebsdirektor ), Horst Braun ( Rallye Chef ), Peter Müller, Jürgen Hellmann, Erwin Härtwich, Egon Culmbacher, Horst Niebergall, Bernd Frommann. (v. li. n. re.)

Seems very possible it's your man, not a common name.

Regards Eddie

[medals73]

Thanks, Eddie. With your help, I think we have him tracked down. I've been doing some reading about the factory - very interesting.