ECUADOR Order of Abdon Calderon, First Class (March 30, 1944)

EGYPT Order of Ismail, Grand Cordon (May 24, 1947)

FRANCE Legion of Honor, Grand Cross (June 14, 1943) Croix de Guerre with 2 Palms 1st Palm June 29, 1943 2nd Palm December 30, 1944 Cross of Liberation (September 5, 1945) Medaille Militaire (May 21, 1952

GREAT BRITAIN Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross (June 12, 1943) North African Star, with silver numeral 8 and 1 (November 18, 1943) Order of Merit (June 12, 1945)

GREECE Order of George I, Grand Cross July 13, 1946)

GUATEMALA Cross of Military Merit, First Class (April 30, 1947)

HAITI National Order of Honor and Merit, Grand Cross (July 3, 1945)

ITALY Military Order of Italy, Knight Grand Cross (December 5, 1947) Order of Malta (May 26, 1952)

JAPAN Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, Grand Cordon (September 15, 1960)

LUXEMBOURG Order of the Oak Crown, Grand Cross (August 3, 1945) Medaille Militaire (August 3, 1945)

MEXICO Order of the Aztec Eagle, First Class (August 15, 1946) Medal of Civic Merit (August 15, 1946) Order of Military Merit, First Class (August 17, 1946)

MOROCCO Order of Quissam Alaouite Cherifien, Grand Cross (July 9, 1943) Order of Mohammed (November 25, 1957)

22 The Medal Collector VOL. 46 No.12 NATIONALIST CHINA Order of Yun-Fei (Order of the Cloud and Banner), Grand Cordon, Special Class (June 15, 1947)

Order of the Lion of the Netherlands, Knight of the Grand Cross (July 14, 1945)

NORWAY Order of St. Oalf, Grand Cross (November 20, 1945)

Order of Nisham, First Class (December 7, 1959)

Order of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Grand Cross (August 13, 1946) Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero, Grand Master (June 8, 1956)

The Distinguished Service Star (December 12, 1939) Shield of Honor Medal, Chief Commander (April 9, 1961) Order of Sikatuna, Raja First Class (June 16, 1960)

Order of Virtuti Militari, Silver Cross, First Class (September 25, 1944) Order of Polonia Restituta, Knight (May 18, 1945) The Cross of Grunwald, First Class (September 7, 1945)

Order of the Royal House of Charki (June 28, 1960)

TUNISIA Order of Nichan Iftikhar, Grand Cordon (May 24, 1943)

U.S.S.R Order of Suvorov, First Degree (February 19, 1944) Order of Victory (June 5, 1945)

YUGOSLAVIA Commemorative War Cross 1941-45 (April 29, 1967)

RELIGIOUS ORDERS

GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH - CITY OF JERUSALEM Grand Order of the Cross of the Holy Sepulcher (September 15, 1953)

GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA - NEW YORK CITY Cross of St. Andrew (September 30, 1956)

VOL. 46 No. 12 The Medal Collector 23 AUSZEICHNUNGEN der NATIONALEN VOLKSARMEE -- Part III

John E. Strandberg, OMSA 4667

Continuing the series on military awards and decorations of East Germany, this third article will focus on the Reservisten Medaille, Friderich Engles Preis, the JubilaiJmsmedaille, and the Theodor KSrner Preis.

Medaille fiir Verdienste in der Reservistenarbeit

The origins of the Medaillefiir Verdienste in der Reservistenarbeit closely parallel the Jubili~umsmedaille "30 Jahre Nationale Volksarmee. " The groundwork for the Medaillefiir Verdienste in der Reservistenarbeit (Medal for Merit in Reserve Duty) was established by a Resolution of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party--Measure for the Preparation and Performance of the 30th Anniversary of the National Peoples Army--in 1984. Based on this Resolution, the Minister for National Defense, General of the Army Heinz Hoffmann, authorized Order Number 030/9/015, establishing the Medal for Merit in Reserve Duty on May 28, 1985.

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obverse reverse Medaille fLir Verdienste in der Reservistenarbeit

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