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    #166
    Hi Bryan

    Those flags are very nice .
    Does anybody know how many different designs there are for the
    arm in the middle of the flag ?
    I mean the differences in colour etc .
    This one has a blue arm and the other one is grey and white , the one on my silk Kampfgruppen flag has a brown arm and the KG
    flags with the big crest have also grey and white but its different than the one from Bryan .


    Regards , Johan

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      #167
      Thank you Johan! This is nothing compare to your collection. My regimental flag is a bit damaged unfortunately.

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        #168
        Bryan - CONGRATS and well done with the new addition to your DDR collection!!!
        Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. Quote - Sophie Scholl - White Rose resistance group

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          #169
          Thank you Ralph!

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            #170
            Originally posted by Soviet View Post
            Thank you Johan! This is nothing compare to your collection. My regimental flag is a bit damaged unfortunately.
            Hey Bryan,

            Its still a "Regimental Flag" and that is quite something. A bit damaged?
            I say that gives it character

            Congratulations. That is a really special piece and will make a very nice addition to your constantly growing collection.
            Michael D. GALLAGHER

            M60-A2 Tank Commander Cold War proverb: “You can accomplish more with a kind word and a ‘Shillelagh’ than you can with just a kind word.”

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              #171
              DIA information on the KG!

              http://cgi.ebay.com/Defense-Intellig...QQcmdZViewItem

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                #172
                Jon - I saw that too on E-bay and as I was Googling for a lower priced copy I ran across another KG book in German -

                Armee oder Freizeitclub? Die Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse in der DDR, by Volker Koop, 1997.

                http://www.amazon.de/Armee-oder-Frei.../dp/3416026705

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                  #173
                  I have a copy of this docco... its a bit dull, the only really interesting piece is the final page which lists some of the unit honour names... keep meaning to upload that onto here as I think some of you might find it interesting...

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                    #174
                    Originally posted by Kozlov View Post
                    I have a copy of this docco... its a bit dull, the only really interesting piece is the final page which lists some of the unit honour names... keep meaning to upload that onto here as I think some of you might find it interesting...
                    <CENTER>Hello Kozlov:
                    The KG unit honor names sounds like very interesting information,
                    so please do post it when you have the chance. Would such honor
                    names be added as a streamer to the already presented
                    number and named location KG unit flags? Likewise, I note
                    that the 1977 DIA KG report states that there were "as
                    many as 300 motorized battalions",
                    so I guess that means at least 300 KG unit flags once existed too?




                    </CENTER>
                    Last edited by oldflagswanted; 02-21-2008, 08:52 PM.
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                    .......^^^ .................... some of my collection ...................... ^^^...

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                      #175
                      Hello all - I have revived this thread with a question. Please refer to post 17 related to me question.

                      A lot of the DDR medals have a ring that is placed on the top of the medal, but I have seen that the 20 year Kampfgruppen medal appears to be all of one construction? Is that correct for this medal? And can a member please post a picture of the backing of this medal?

                      Thanks...

                      PJS

                      Originally posted by Michael D. Gallagher View Post
                      Erinnerungsmedaille 20 Jahre Kampfgruppen der Arbeitklasse:
                      Kampfgruppen 20 year Celebration or Jubilee Medal:
                      Approved January 31, 1973 as an Anniversary Medal relevant the establishment of the Kampfgruppen in 1953. It was then awarded to all currently actively serving members of the Kampfgruppen, effective September of 1973. The medal is worn on the upper left side of the Tunic.
                      Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. Quote - Sophie Scholl - White Rose resistance group

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                        #176
                        Ralph,

                        If you mean by "Backing" the medal's reverse, here it is:

                        Interesting that this is the lowest in precedence of the Kampfgruppen medals/orders, but is in my opinion, the nicest and certainly comes in the nicest box of any of that organizations medals.
                        Attached Files
                        Michael D. GALLAGHER

                        M60-A2 Tank Commander Cold War proverb: “You can accomplish more with a kind word and a ‘Shillelagh’ than you can with just a kind word.”

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                          #177
                          Hey Mike - Thanks for the photograph. I wanted to see the one piece construction between the ring and the medal.
                          Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. Quote - Sophie Scholl - White Rose resistance group

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                            #178
                            Hi,

                            because I could not see it in this thread, I want to show you an early case for the "Verdienstmedaille":



                            Regards
                            Uwe

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                              #179
                              in memory of my grandfather

                              .......









                              ........Links (his decorations):
                              Ehrenzeichen der deutschen Volkspolizei,
                              Verdienstmedaille der KG in Silber,
                              3 Medaillen_1 ,
                              3 Medaillen_2

                              Greeting delta576

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                                #180
                                Excellent!

                                Thanks for sharing that with us!

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