speedytop Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I want to show here athletic honorings and documents in no particular order. Everyone can add his medals and documents. Nationales Olympisches Komitee der DDR (NOK), Ehrenplakette (badge of honor) "mens fervida in corpore lacertoso" (an overflowing spirit in a muscular body). This might probably be a specimen with the number and the engraving on the reverse: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 Sports badges in cloth: bronze, silver and gold for colour comparison: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 Medal "Sportfest der Waffenbrüderschaft" > sports meeting of brotherhood of arms: Unfortunately no date, maybe in the 80s: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 Document for a national sports event 1969, participation in the exhibition "Art and Sport": Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 Medal for a German (DDR) record in the field of athletics, in original in the matching case: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 Different sports badges with the flag: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 DDR championships in the early 50s, 3rd place in gymnastics: Uwe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 You know, I know almost nothing about these sport badges, except they were obviously a HUGE example of the Marxist notion that citizenship was participatory, rather than decision-making. Is there a book on these badges at all? What were the requirements for the DDR sports badges? Did Russians,Ethiopians, Hungarians, Czechs, Bulgarians and Poles get them too? Any examples to British fellow travelers perchance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Hi Ulsterman, "Any examples to British fellow travelers perchance?" You mean the official "Sportabzeichen (Sportleistungsabzeichen) der DDR"? I don't think so! You must first have knowledge about different DDR organizations like FDJ, FDGB or the "Nationale Front". Please try it with a young British woman . "Is there a book on these badges at all?" Yes: Frank Bartel, DDR Spezialkatalog Band VI, Auszeichnungen der Sportorganisationen der DDR, 3. Auflage 2007 300 pages with more than 2,300 numbers, many of them with subgroups. But the book don't include all sports awards of the DDR! The pieces from Post 1, 2, 5 and 6 are included, but not the other medal and not the documents. "What were the requirements for the DDR sports badges?" Very difficult to explain (in English). Here is a scan from an early "Sportleistungabzeichen" in 1951, level II (from 3 levels) for men: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Later they used a "Rechenstab" (sliderule) for the difficult point system. One side for men, the other side for women: Uwe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Craig Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Uwe, Interesting items. I've seen the books before but not the slide rule. Thanks for posting these things. Regards, Gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Here is a DDR Technische Unteroffiziersschule ASG Prora II medal: "For socialist body-culture". It's actually quite larger and worn as a neck medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 Yes, there are many hundreds of these medals, not listed in the book from Bartel! The medal is from the time period 1969 to 1979, because it is the TUS Prora (TUS > Technische Unteroffizierschule „Erich Habersaath“). Since 1979 it is named MTS Prora (MTS > Militärtechnische Schule „Erich Habersaath“) Uwe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Cool! Is it still possible to buy the old black/red/yellow ribbons at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 You mean such a ribbon? http://www.ebay.de/i...=item19c93d7a16 Uwe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I do!! Thanks. ooops- Danke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 There are so many different Medals and some different ribbon colours. ASV (Armee-Sportverein) championships SO (Sportorganisation) Neubrandenburg: Kreis-Spartakiade for children and youth 1973 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 championships ASG (Armee-Sportgemeinschaften) DDR championships youth 1975 Uwe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) The first sports badge 1951, minis grade I, II and III: Edited July 18, 2012 by speedytop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 I found the medal from Post 12 in Gold, the ribbon is in "normal" black-red-gold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 DDR championship 1951 in skittles, women, 3rd place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 DDR championship 1952, Pentathlon women, German (DDR) champion, Erika Junghanns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 (edited) Honoring document to the ASV (Armeesportvereinigung Vorwärts), sports organization "Landstreitkräfte". Original signature Generaloberst Keßler Edited May 9, 2012 by speedytop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 A nice black and white and gold pennant. Black side: Company of the excellent quality. White side: Exemplary sports community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 Medal "For meritorious service" in the DSMF (Deutscher Sportverband Moderner Fünfkampf), Biathlon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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