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11-16-2008, 12:10 PM | #1 |
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Ernst Schneller Medal.
What is this medal? who was awarded? Thanks.
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11-16-2008, 01:49 PM | #2 |
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Re: Ernst Schneller Medal
It is a medal of the GST, the DDR paramilitary organization. I don´t know neither why it was awarded, but the reverse of the medal has the answer. Hope one of our german members could translate:
"Für die stärkung der verteidigungskraft unserer sozialistichen heimat" Hope it helps.
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Re: Ernst Schneller Medal
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11-16-2008, 05:06 PM | #4 |
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Re: Ernst Schneller Medal
Perfect translation.
This medal was awarded in Gold, silver and bronze and can also be found on an enameled metal suspension. The "Gesellschaft Fur Sport v. Technick" (GST) was a pre-military training organization. The GST accomplished pre-military training for youth between ages 14-25, such as the use of rifles, machine guns, map reading, military drill, truck driving and motorcycle riding, parachuting, first-aid, and field sports - not sport for enjoyment, but instruction by active duty NCOs of the East Germany Army (NVA) to shorten the army basic training time. Thus the GST was considered a valuable auxiliary of the East German Army. Ernst Schneller was a member of the KPD and was executed on the 11th October 1944 at Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Silver and Bronze early versions.
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Re: Ernst Schneller Medal
The medals pictured are, as far as I can tell, the final version produced. Were the suspensions not cloth ribbon and, rather, enameled metal (as Taz pointed out) they would be the first version. Note the insignia on the ribbon- this is the insignia of the GST and will appear on virtually all items associated with the GST.
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11-22-2008, 03:01 PM | #6 |
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Re: Ernst Schneller Medal
This is the version in 900 Silver with the enameled suspension as mentioned in the earlier posts.
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