Hero Of Labour.

[Taz]

This HSL GDR is on offer starting price € 225
It is the 1975-1989 version.

Eddie.

[Taz]

And here in its award box.

Eddie.

[Taz]

GDR Hero of Labour with award document.

Eddie.

[new world]

I could not find any info on this forum for East German Hero Socialist Labor awards, i am not sure this was discussed in details.

Where can I see some stats abut DDR HSL awards:

- number awarded,
- variations,
- prices,
- pics of real awards,
- fakes

Thank you,
William

[Taz]

http://www.soviet-awards.com/forum/s...abour-gdr.html

The title was instituted on 27.07. 1950 and there were up to 50 awardings each year. The awardee was also given 10,000 East German mark and had priority for new housing and better holiday destinations.
Awarded for merit in farming, industry, science and technology research.


1st Form

A Silver Medal 34 mm in diameter.
Obverse: Hammer, Dividers and 3 wheat sheafs. On the top edge are two rounded laurel branches and at the bottom the wording "Held der Arbeit".
The reverse has the wording "Deutsche Demokratische Republik" with a peace dove inside.
It was worn on a White 30 mm wide ribbon with two 5 mm wide edge stripes in black and red these were 5 mm from the ribbon edge.

Various ways the medal was worn are:

On a long ribbon through the medal ring.
On a long ribbon with an extra horizontal ring through the medal loop
Or on a rectangular suspension with the same ribbon

2nd Form

In 1953 a gilded star replaced the medal, at its widest point 34 mm in diameter.
Obverse: In the middle of the star is a 23 mm Medaillon with a laurel wreath, hammer, dividers and two wheat sheafs.
Reverse: in the form of an open circle the wording "Held der Arbeit" On the top star point until 1972 a stamp (900) and on the bottom edge until 1976 the mint mark MB (Münze Berlin).
The star is mounted on a 31,5 mm x 10 mm Rectangular suspension with a 25 mm Red ribbon.

The dress ribbon is red with an 8 mm minature of the star.

It is known that in 1953 there were also awardings on a 6 cm long Red ribbon.

Stars with an engraved year on the reverse eg: 1951 are ones that have been exchanged for an earlier version.



Eddie.

[new world]

Eddie,

many thanks :)

Any idea on the pricing of 2nd form awards?

William

[Taz]

Well the two I found William were on one of the sites I know, the prices: €250 with box.
€450 boxed with doc and signature from Erik Honecker.

Eddie.

[Soviet]

Just to let you know William that the late issued pieces from this order called "Held der Arbeit" are made very cheap (Buntmetall). Here is some shot I made from the order from a collector friend. The order is dated from 1980.

When you hold one of these in your hand you are surprise to see how cheap this order was made in the later years of the GDR.

Someone said on an other forum that the first version cost about 1500 EUR with document and those from Honecker era cost between 300 and 450 EUR depending if there is the case or the documents.

[Ralph Pickard]

Hello William - I am not sure if you are still asking about the numbers. I know of five former MfS officers who were presented this award during the Cold War.

Originally Posted by new world

I could not find any info on this forum for East German Hero Socialist Labor awards, i am not sure this was discussed in details.

Where can I see some stats abut DDR HSL awards:

- number awarded,
- variations,
- prices,
- pics of real awards,
- fakes

Thank you,
William

[Taz]

1950
Kurt Baum (Ingenieur Halle)
Ilse Biesmann (Ringspinnerin Nieder-Schmalkalden)
Regina Dinger (Chemikerin Halle)
Ingeborg Endter (Ringspinnerin Nieder-Schmalkalden)
August Engel (Häuer Mansfeld)
Luise Ermisch (Damenschneiderin Halle)
Hans Garbe (Werkmeister Berlin)
Paul Heine (Lokführer Leipzig)
Edith Pempel (Ringspinnerin Nieder-Schmalkalden)
Ilse Richter (Träuflerin Radeberg)
Georg Scheliga (Direktor Sondershausen)
Erich Schneider (Kraftfahrer Dresden)
Artur Springer (Chefchemiker Ketzschendorf)
Franz Striemann (Stuhlmeister Cottbus)
Heinz Uhlemann (Maurer Zwickau)
Josef Wenig (Obersteiger)

1951
Joachim Birr (Chemiker Wolfen)
Max Friedemann (Werkdirektor Riesa)
Meta Goldberg (Webereien Zittau)
Alfons Hörle (Baustellenleiter Magdeburg)
Frieda Hoffmann (Arbeiterin Radeberg)
Wilhelm Pieck (Präsident der DDR)
Franz Reika (Bergmann Mansfeld)
Felix Stupka (Arbeiter Muskau)
Albert Wilkening (DEFA Babelsberg)

1952
Werner Annemüller (Werkleiter Schönebeck)
Erich Bindseil (Werkleiter Neumark)
Edmund Böhm (Häuer Ölsnitz)
Wally Metscher (Elektroschweißerin Magdeburg)
Charlotte Prasse (Arbeiterin Wismut)
Inge Rahnfeld (Ringspinnerin Meerane)
Annelies Rüthrich (Instrukteurin Berlin)
Fritz Schälike (Verlagsleiter Dietz-Verlag Berlin)
Elisabeth Schüttmann (Sachbearbeiterin Dresden)
Elfriede Schwede (Dreherin Leipzig)
Erich Wendt (Verlagsleiter Aufbau-Verlag Berlin)

1953
Erna Sachse (Arbeiterin)

1954
Otto Bennecke (Bauer Winterfeld)
Margareta Förster (Gießerin Bitterfeld)
Erich Giebner (Bergarbeiter)
Frida Hockauf (Weberin Zittau)
Anna Kojetinsky (Ringspinnerin Eisenach)
Paul Simon (Weber Werdau)

1959
Fritz Dallmann (LPG-Vorsitzender Priborn)
Luise Marscheider (LPG-Bäuerin Bernburg)

1960
Lothar Badstübner (Hauer Wismut)
Hans Döhler (LPG-Vorsitzender)
Kurt Henker (Bauleiter Berzdorf)
Maria Holl (Schweinemeisterin Bölkend orf)
Georg Jung (Hauer Wismut)
Maria Lück (Bäuerin Nauendorf/Saale)
Bruno Max Leuschner
Emma Müller (Baumwollspinnerin Riesa)
Hugo Müller (Bergmann Eisleben)
Kurt Penndorf (Dreher Wildau)
Helmut Riedel (Hauer Wismut)
Hans Rodenberg (stellvertretender. Kulturminister)
Hans Rommel (Werkdirektor Werra)
Gerhard Scholz (LPG-Vorsitzender Warin)
Herbert Seidel (Betriebsleiter Bitterfeld)
Erwin Thrun (Traktorist Holzendorf)
Herbert Thümmel (Instrukteur Karl-Marx-Stadt)
Bodo Voß (Ingenieur Wittenberge)
Willy Wehner (Baggerführer Thräne)

1963
Hermann Matern

1964
Erich Mielke
Willi Stoph

1965
Hermann Axen (SED-Politbüro)

1966
Wolfgang Biermann (Generaldirektor)

1968
Erich Mielke (Minister)

1969
Rudolf Bergander (Prof. Dresden)
Gerhard Frost (Prof. Berlin)
Kurt Hager
Hildegard Hähnel (Direktorin Warenhaus Dresden)
Margot Honecker
Alfred Kick (Hauer Wismut)
Herbert Kohlmann (Bauarbeiter Berlin)
Solveig Leo (LPG-Vorsitzende Banzkow)
Günter Mittag
Agathe Peggau (Betriebsdirektorin Königs Wusterhausen)

1972
Helga Mucke-Wittbrodt (Ärztin Berlin)

1973
Erich Peppel (Schichtarbeiter Weimar-Werk)

1974
Peter Beyer (Brigadeleiter Mansfeldkombinat)
Anneliese Schütz (Leiterin Kinderheim „Emil Wrecke“ Anderbeck)

1975
Horst Dohlus (SED-Politbüro)

1978
Wilhelm Ehrke (Traktorist Anklam)
Gertrud Jakisch (Lagerarbeiterin Bad Blankenburg)

1979
Willi Stoph

1980
Heinz Bischoff (Rohrleger Finow)
Günter Krönert (Flugkapitän)
Brigitte Pläschke (Flyerin Plauen)
Ilse Schröder (Traktoristin Gölzau) Anna Seghers
Albert Stief

1981
Heinz Kunert

1982
Markus Wolf

1983
Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski

1984
Käthe Bautz (Lehrerin Berlin)
Werner Beuth (Brigadier beim VTK Schwerin)
Heinz Brandt (Generaldirektor)
Irma Etzold (Arbeiterin Berlin)
Ingeborg Kachel (Schichtleiterin Berlin)
Heinz Keßler (Generaloberst, ab 1985 Armeegeneral und Minister für Nationale Verteidigung)
Anita Häußler (Meisterin Berlin)
Klaus-Dieter Hoffmann (Hauer Sondershausen)
Jutta Müller (Eiskunstlauftrainerin)
Alfred Schejahn (Schiffbauer Wismar)
Christa Simmich (Meisterin Flöha)
Ingrid Wetzel (Kälberpflegerin Bobitz)
Dankward Fehr

1985
Otto Arndt

1986
Peter Brückner (LPG-Vorsitzender Gierstädt)
Wolfgang Dabel (Schiffbauer Stralsund)
Ulrich Dassow (Anlagenfahrer Guben)
Christa Ecke (Melkerin Cavertitz)
Edeltraut Filz (Agrotechnikerin Groß Rosenburg)
Ulrich Fliege (LPG-Vorsitzender Oßmannstedt)
Peter Florin (stellvertretender Minister)
Ingeborg Frank (Brigadierin Waltershausen)
Peter Friedrich (Meister Leipzig)
Jürgen Fuchs (Brigadier Berlin)
Brigitte Groeger (Hoteldirektorin Suhl)
Gerda Heller (Betriebsdirektorin Arnstadt)
Wolfgang Heyl (stellvertretender. CDU-Vorsitzender)
Günter Mittag (SED-Politbüro)
Ursula Müller (Zuschneiderin Wittgensdorf)
Angelika Theel (Anlagenfahrerin Berlin)

1987
Lutz Schütte

1989
Stefan Meisner
Till Schairer