david f Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 ok here are some of my East German medals.1.this is Service Medal of the DDRthis is the case that it comes in.Nothing special,just a leatherette case with a red interior 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david f Posted May 8, 2008 Author Share Posted May 8, 2008 and here is the medal on the inside. This comes as a set,complete with a ribbon bar. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david f Posted May 8, 2008 Author Share Posted May 8, 2008 here is another set ,complete with minature version for wear on civilian clothes. This is for the DSF or the DEUTSCHE SOWJETISCHE FREUNDSCHAFT to give it it's full title. The Germman siviet friendship was an organisation that tried to forge links betweenEast Germany and the Soviet Union. This is the gold version of the award. I am now trying to track down the silver version cased,along with the urkunde for both. I can get the siver one uncased,and blank urkunde,but i would prefer to get it cased along with urkunde that had been filled in. 1.here is the case.Note the embossed logo on the front 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david f Posted May 8, 2008 Author Share Posted May 8, 2008 and here are the badges inside.These have some really nice enamel work on them.front 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david f Posted May 8, 2008 Author Share Posted May 8, 2008 and the reverse 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david f Posted May 8, 2008 Author Share Posted May 8, 2008 and the final one for today. I tink that this is refered to as a table medal. This was awarded to members of the first regiment on their 30th aniversary . here is the really bad case that it comes in Apart from the fact that it could do with a really good clean it is made of plastic and is of poor quality. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david f Posted May 8, 2008 Author Share Posted May 8, 2008 and here is what is insideThis is larger than a £2 coin and is made of some sort of silver medal.I can find no silver markings on it though . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david f Posted May 8, 2008 Author Share Posted May 8, 2008 Well thats it for today. If you have any questions or corrections,then feel free to post on here. I will post some more when i get the rest of my stuff out of the box they now live in! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Nice collection. I used to collect Warsaw Pact stuff in the late 80s and eraly 90s. It was amazing the difference in quality. Some were very nice enamelled badges and some were very cheaply made even medals and awards! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david f Posted May 9, 2008 Author Share Posted May 9, 2008 I know what you are talking about. I have some which are really good quality,normaly the earlier ones,but the later ones where absolute crap. the stuff that was getting awarded before the wall came down was rubbish. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 The main reason for that was the failing economy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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