show us your early numbered DDR Sportabzeichen

[torstenbel]

I love these early DDR enamel sports badges...do you have any? Does anyone know the time period that these were awarded in (from to?)? How many levels of this badge were there and how far did the serial numbers go??? Here is a pick of one of mine...Cheers, Torsten.

[torstenbel]

the reverse with the serial number...

I love these early DDR enamel sports badges...do you have any? Does anyone know the time period that these were awarded in (from to?)? How many levels of this badge were there and how far did the serial numbers go??? Here is a pick of one of mine...Cheers, Torsten.

[Ralph P]

Hey Torsten...very interesting pin...I can not assist you in your question, but can you provide what the whole number is on the back of the pin...thanks.

the reverse with the serial number...

[torstenbel]

sorry, yes...the full number is 47978 and the badge is actually quite large...it is gold and first class ...it measures 1 5/8" long. Cheers, Torsten.

Hey Torsten...very interesting pin...I can not assist you in your question, but can you provide what the whole number is on the back of the pin...thanks.

[Thälmannpionier]

I really like those Sport Badges.

I have the Miniature of the silver "Stufe II" but will get the big one and the complete gold one next week.

I also have a little blue book with this Sport Badge on the cover.

I will post pics of it together with the Badges,soon as i get them.

cheers
Andreas

P.S. The bronce "Stufe III" Badge is probably the rarest because it is the one with the highest Value of all three Versions.

Probably,because we had only "Sportskanonen"(best sport-mens) in the DDR who received gold and silver all the Time

[torstenbel]

P.S. The bronce "Stufe III" Badge is probably the rarest because it is the one with the highest Value of all three Versions.

Probably,because we had only "Sportskanonen"(best sport-mens) in the DDR who received gold and silver all the Time

[Ralph P]

Hey Torsten...thanks for the complete number. It would be nice if you had the numbered award document that went with this badge.

sorry, yes...the full number is 47978 and the badge is actually quite large...it is gold and first class ...it measures 1 5/8" long. Cheers, Torsten.

[torstenbel]

yes it would be... but I am afraid, that all I have is the badge... Cheers, Torsten.

Hey Torsten...thanks for the complete number. It would be nice if you had the numbered award document that went with this badge.

[Thälmannpionier]

here is my early Membership book with the Sport Badge on the Cover.

Its from 1957

[Thälmannpionier]

This is the only Urkunde from the Membership book.
It's from 1957 as well but it already has the newer version of sport badge shown

[torstenbel]

Andreas, thanks for showing it...I guess then that 1957 will have been the transition between the two badges??...or do you think that both badges were already available at the same time, but maybe they were gien out by different institutions?? Cheers, Torsten.

[Thälmannpionier]

I had a look in the Bartels Spezialkatalog...it says that the Sport Badge shown on the Urkunde was issued between 1956-1965 . The Sport Badge posted by you was issued between 1954-1956 before that,the Badge looks nearly the same but on the very early Sport badges from 1951-1953 ,you see just the half of the two runners(without the legs)


cheers
Andreas

[torstenbel]

I had a look in the Bartels Spezialkatalog...it says that the Sport Badge shown on the Urkunde was issued between 1956-1965 . The Sport Badge posted by you was issued between 1954-1956 before that,the Badge looks nearly the same but on the very early Sport badges from 1951-1953 ,you see just the half of the two runners(without the legs)


cheers
Andreas

thank you.,...that explains it very well...and I need to go, buy that Bartels book now... Cheers, Torsten.

[Thälmannpionier]

here are my Sport Badges

only strange Thing is that one of the Miniature "Stufe II" pin has a silver looking coat and the other has not

and on the big Stufe I the number looks not original and kind of glued on

cheers Andreas

[Thälmannpionier]