Soviet Moscow's Overseer Of East German Youth

[Guest Rick Research]

This ribbon bar is on a 1975 dated gray summer dress tunic for a Guards Major General:

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OSH3, 1970 Lenin, 1965, 1958/

1968, 20, 15,10/

DDR three "Activists of Socialist Labor," DDR "National Front" Merit Medal created 1975 (and here worn upside down)/

unknown DDR award, M1972 FDJ bronze Artur Becker Medal, M1972 FDJ gold Artur Becker Medal.

[Guest Rick Research]

Devices worn on ANY Soviet ribbon bars are unusual.

Lucky for me, because who'd have a CLUE what THREE "blank" red ribbons might have been otherwise? The "Activist" ribbons each bear what looks like a blob of clear glue, hand painted:

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The "National Front" dummy "non-political/a-political" umbrella organization ("front" indeed!!!) ribbon is worn upside down... and the device is hand made. Presumably the wearer had the original copied from its suspension but just couldn't get a duplicate:

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The tunic bears a Soviet Military Political Academy graduates badge, so the Uncle From Moscow was-- especially with these bizarrely non martial awards-- apparently a very senior "minder" indeed for the local militarized Communist Youth organization...

and "independent" civilian cultural and peace-on-Earth types.

Maybe he even got his smiling face in a magazine at the time....

[Christophe]

Rick,

This ribbon bar is splendid!!!!! ... and unusual.

Unfortunately, I have no idea of what is the unknown ribbon.

Ch.

Edited June 24, 2006 by Christophe

[Riley1965]

Rick, I Love it Most unusaul!!!

Doc

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Devices worn on ANY Soviet ribbon bars are unusual.

Lucky for me, because who'd have a CLUE what THREE "blank" red ribbons might have been otherwise? The "Activist" ribbons each bear what looks like a blob of clear glue, hand painted:

Rick - Looks like a homemade job through and through. The Aktivist der sozialisteischen Arbeit to my knowledge never had a ribbon bar. The suspension bar was metal with a red enamel field the DDR state symbol in the center. Kevin

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Her is the medal -