Bundesrepublik New Book Deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichen

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Although this book covers German medals and orders from 1871 to Present I'm posting it here because it's one of the few new books that covers DDR.

I just received my copy of Deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichen, Battenberg Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-86646-002-3, thru www.abebooks.com. The size of the book is 7 1/2" x 5" or about 19 x 12.5 cm.

It's an outstanding book with a huge section on the DDR with color plates and a ribbon chart. On most medals it shows the front and back and valuations in Euros.

The book cost me $26 + $6.98 postage = $32.99. Since I opted for the cheaper surface postage it took almost 45 days to get here, but well worth the wait. Of course it can be had for 19,90 EUR in Germany.

Kevin

Edited November 27, 2006 by ehrentitle

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[Ed_Haynes]

Thanks for posting this. Any content or just pictures, names, and "values"? And how many pages, Kevin?

[ehrentitle]

Thanks for posting this. Any content or just pictures, names, and "values"? And how many pages, Kevin?

Ed - It's 464 pages. No detailed commentary, just photos, names (including variations) and values. A good part of the Bundesrepublik section are 1957 de-Nazified awards, then current federal awards and finally modern awards for several of the German states. One shortfall of the DDR section is it does no show badges, but the TR and Bund 57 sections do.

And thanks, I think you were the one who alerted me to the value of Abebooks in locating hard to find books at a good price.

Kevin

[Guest Rick Research]

Sounds like a darned good basic reference. My only book on DDR awards was published on their side of the wall in the 1970s and most of the few awards that actually are illustrated are B&W.

A color ready reference like this would sure help!

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Sounds like a darned good basic reference. My only book on DDR awards was published on their side of the wall in the 1970s and most of the few awards that actually are illustrated are B&W.

A color ready reference like this would sure help!

Rick, I think it is an excellent reference, but as was pointed out in the WA DDR forum some perfer Frank Bartel's DDR Spezialkatalog which has seen several updated printings since the first came out in 1991. I like the Battenberg because all of my TR catalogs date to the late 80s and I have nothing on Bundesrepublic awards.

Kevin