Megan Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Medaille für treue Dienste in der Kasernierten Volkspolizei Instituted 28 April 1954, and awarded for at least five years honest, conscientous and faithful service prior to the formation of the National People's Army. [Picture credit: Greg Collins] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehrentitle Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I believe there were two versions of this medal, numbered and unnumbered. But I'm away from my references at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megan Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 You may well be correct. There certainly seem to have been 2 batches of numbers issued, see: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medaille_f%C3%BCr_treue_Dienste_in_der_Kasernierten_Volkspolizei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehrentitle Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Bartel says there is a version with a number and one without it. The one without a number is much rarer. If I recall correctly the speculation is that the medals without the number were issued as replacement for lost or stolen medals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehrentitle Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 You may well be correct. There certainly seem to have been 2 batches of numbers issued, see: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medaille_f%C3%BCr_treue_Dienste_in_der_Kasernierten_Volkspolizei Yes there is a 5 digit and a 6 digit version of the number, I have examples of both. The main difference is just an extra "0" at the beginning of the number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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