Merit Medal Of The National People's Army.

[Ingsoc]

marked 00225

[Hagen]

Not sure if this is the correct spot, if not please feel free to move. :) My first Urkunde comes with this Verdienstmedaille im Silver.

[Ralph Pickard]

Mike - CONGRATS!!! in acquiring your first award document...very nice. The tarnishing on the silver medal, is that because it is made of silver or something else going on with it?

Not sure if this is the correct spot, if not please feel free to move. :) My first Urkunde comes with this Verdienstmedaille im Silver.

[charlet]

hello gentlemen, the oxydation of the silver-plating of the 70ies medals is common, sometimes you really believe it could be made of solid silver... they got rid of the problem with the late 80ies cupro-nickel medals.

[Ralph Pickard]

charlet - Thanks for your follow up post, appreciated. :thumbsup

I know presenting silver content medals to members of the NVA and MfS was scarce by the 1970s. You never know what a collector may have in their collection from this time period. :thumbsup

hello gentlemen, the oxydation of the silver-plating of the 70ies medals is common, sometimes you really believe it could be made of solid silver... they got rid of the problem with the late 80ies cupro-nickel medals.

[Hagen]

Mike - CONGRATS!!! in acquiring your first award document...very nice. The tarnishing on the silver medal, is that because it is made of silver or something else going on with it?

Thanks Ralph. As for the tarnishing charlet is correct, no silver content.

[edwil777]

This is a Verdienstmedaille der NVA in .900 silver from the years 1960-1968,
Indicated by the silver mark being under the oak leaves.