DDR My DDR awards collection

[Grant Broadhurst]

1 of 3 Barrack posters showing DDR awards :

[Grant Broadhurst]

2nd of 3 :

[Grant Broadhurst]

Last poster showing high end awards :

[Paul R]

Very nice stuff! The customs medals are very rare and desirable.

[Grant Broadhurst]

Thanks Paul,

Yes they are hard to find , i just missed out on the 30yr one .

[Guest IMHF]

Very Nice Collection!

Lorenzo

[Grant Broadhurst]

Thanks Lorenzo ,

Sure but steady , it,s taken me a while and i,m still collecting and will post here when i get more .

You,ve got an amazing collection of iraqi awards btw :cheers:

[Grant Broadhurst]

Customs Armband :

[Grant Broadhurst]

GST Bester badge :

[Grant Broadhurst]

Airplane and Helicopter pilot qualification badge , 2nd class with blue hanger for 9000 hours flight hours for pilots of helicopters & transport planes :

[Alfred]

Nice Collection :-)

[Grant Broadhurst]

Thanks Alfred !

[Grant Broadhurst]

My first KVP medal , numbered with original ribbonbar for the new and old medals :

[Grant Broadhurst]

My first KVP medal , numbered with original ribbonbar for the new and old medals :

[Grant Broadhurst]

GST naval clasp :

[Grant Broadhurst]

Another Para clasp grade II :

[Grant Broadhurst]

Customs merit medal in bronze :

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Another Para clasp grade II :

Grant, This is a copy of the Klassifizierungsabzeichen für Angehörige des Fallschirmdienstes or in English a Classification Badge for Member of the Parachute Service. It was worn from 1960-63 by members of the NVA Parachute Service which were Parachute Riggers it is not a badge worn by regular parachutist's. The NVA Parachute badge was not authorized until 1967. The original badge is extremely rare and unobtainable. This version of the badge is a restrike by the original maker Prägewerk in Markneukirchen (known as PRÄWEMA) thought to have been made in the early 1990s.

[Grant Broadhurst]

Yes it is the reproduction one , thanks for the verification .

[Grant Broadhurst]

Customs merit medal in silver :

[Grant Broadhurst]

Kampfsport badges grade I,II & III :

[Grant Broadhurst]

2 more miniature stick pins , general and airforce both grade 2 :

[Grant Broadhurst]

Ernst Thalmann table medal :

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2 more miniature stick pins , general and airforce both grade 2 :

Nice stick pins. They are actually often harder to find and sometimes more expensive than their full size counterparts.

[Chris Boonzaier]

Kampfsport badges grade I,II & III :

If there had been an ounce of originality there... they would have determined the class of the medal by having him jump over one log on the lowest grade, and 3 on the highest ;-)