DDR Waffenbr?derschaft Medal to Mongolian!

[Bayoswede]

Hi all, Don?t know if this thread should be here or in the Mongolian section?

But anyway here it is, a Waffenbr?derschaft medal in Silver to a GenMaj from Mongolia Sengiin Sombosuren

(anyone heard of him? ) . I have seen some of this medals documented and often they are given to Germans?

I thought this was more of an award given to other socialist countries?

Have a nice summer and hopefully a lot of new items!

Christer

[Gordon Craig]

Bayoswede,

Thanks for this interesting post. Waffenbruderschaft medals were produced primarily to be given to members of the Warsaw Pact or other communist countries. They were also awarded to the DDR military but mostly to senior officers. Award documents for Waffenbruderschaft medals awarded to DDR military personnel are extremely rare. I would think this document would be of interest on the Mongolian forum as well, and you might want to post it there as well. You are much more likely to get an answer on the Mongolian General there than you are here.

Regards,

Gordon

[Bayoswede]

Bayoswede,

Thanks for this interesting post. Waffenbruderschaft medals were produced primarily to be given to members of the Warsaw Pact or other communist countries. They were also awarded to the DDR military but mostly to senior officers. Award documents for Waffenbruderschaft medals awarded to DDR military personnel are extremely rare. I would think this document would be of interest on the Mongolian forum as well, and you might want to post it there as well. You are much more likely to get an answer on the Mongolian General there than you are here.

Regards,

Gordon

Thanks Gordon

I put a thread in the Mongolian section, and now I have another Urkund which probably is rarer then I knew before!

This Waffenbr?derschaft medal in Bronce, in issued to an Stabsfeldwebel Albrecht Knippel in 1987

the document is smaller then usual.

All the best from Sweden - And may your postboxes be filled with early VVOs ( old saying in Sweden )

Christer

[Gordon Craig]

Christer,

Thanks for posting the DDR Urkunde. Yes they are often of a smaller size. There is also a smaller, hard sided pocket sized one in the DDR to carry to prove you were eligible to wear it. It is even rarer than the urkunde that you posted. FYI there are two issues of these medals. The first issue rad a rim around the outside of the medal. The second, and later issued type, did not have a rim. Because of the date of your document a rimless one would go with your document.

By the way, I like your old Swedish saying.

Regards,

Gordon

[Paul R]

Hi all, Don?t know if this thread should be here or in the Mongolian section?

But anyway here it is, a Waffenbr?derschaft medal in Silver to a GenMaj from Mongolia Sengiin Sombosuren

(anyone heard of him? ) . I have seen some of this medals documented and often they are given to Germans?

I thought this was more of an award given to other socialist countries?

Have a nice summer and hopefully a lot of new items!

Christer

This is the first document I have seen for this medal. It is of the highest quality!!