Awarded on August 24, 1982.
Document.
"Gift for seventieth birthday".
Document.
"Gift for seventieth birthday".
Erich Honecker's Hero of the Soviet Union "Golden Star" Medal No. 11 482
On his seventy-fifth birthday he was awarded the Order of Lenin.
Order of Lenin No. 399 936 was awarded to Erich Honecker on August 27, 1987.
Order of Lenin No. 399 936 was awarded to Erich Honecker on August 27, 1987.
Erich Ernst Paul Honecker /25 August 1912 – 29 May 1994/ was a German communist politician and dictator who led the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1971 until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in October 1989. He held the posts of General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and Chairman of the National Defence Council; in 1976, he replaced Willi Stoph as Chairman of the State Council, the official head of state.
Honecker's political career began in the 1930s when he became an official of the Communist Party of Germany, a position for which he was imprisoned by the Nazis. Following World War II, he was freed by the Soviet army and relaunched his political activities, founding the SED's youth organisation, the Free German Youth, in 1946 and serving as the group's chairman until 1955. As the Security Secretary of the SED Central Committee, he was the prime organiser of the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 and, in this function, bore administrative responsibility for the "order to fire" along the Wall and the larger inner German border.
In 1970, Honecker initiated a political power struggle that led, with support of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, to him replacing Walter Ulbricht as General Secretary of the SED and chairman of the National Defence Council. Under his command, the country adopted a programme of "consumer socialism" and moved towards the international community by normalizing relations with West Germany and also becoming a full member of the UN, in what is considered one of his greatest political successes.
As Cold War tensions eased in the late 1980s with the advent of perestroika and glasnost - the liberal reforms introduced by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev - Honecker refused all but cosmetic changes to the East German political system. He cited the continual hardliner attitudes of Kim Il-sung, Fidel Castro and Nicolae Ceaușescu whose respective governments of North Korea, Cuba and Romania had been critical of reforms. As anti-government protests grew, Honecker begged Gorbachev to intervene with the Soviet army to suppress the protests to maintain communist rule in East Germany as Moscow had done with Czechoslovakia in the Prague Spring of 1968 and with the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, but Gorbachev refused. Honecker was forced to resign by the SED Politburo in October 1989 in a bid to improve the government's image in the eyes of the public; the effort was unsuccessful, and the regime would collapse entirely the following month.
Following German reunification in 1990, Honecker sought asylum in the Chilean embassy in Moscow, but was extradited back to Germany in 1992, after the fall of the Soviet Union, to stand trial for his role in the human rights abuses committed by the East German government. However, the proceedings were abandoned, as Honecker was suffering from terminal liver cancer. He was freed from custody to join his family in exile in Chile, where he died in May 1994.
Honecker's political career began in the 1930s when he became an official of the Communist Party of Germany, a position for which he was imprisoned by the Nazis. Following World War II, he was freed by the Soviet army and relaunched his political activities, founding the SED's youth organisation, the Free German Youth, in 1946 and serving as the group's chairman until 1955. As the Security Secretary of the SED Central Committee, he was the prime organiser of the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 and, in this function, bore administrative responsibility for the "order to fire" along the Wall and the larger inner German border.
In 1970, Honecker initiated a political power struggle that led, with support of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, to him replacing Walter Ulbricht as General Secretary of the SED and chairman of the National Defence Council. Under his command, the country adopted a programme of "consumer socialism" and moved towards the international community by normalizing relations with West Germany and also becoming a full member of the UN, in what is considered one of his greatest political successes.
As Cold War tensions eased in the late 1980s with the advent of perestroika and glasnost - the liberal reforms introduced by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev - Honecker refused all but cosmetic changes to the East German political system. He cited the continual hardliner attitudes of Kim Il-sung, Fidel Castro and Nicolae Ceaușescu whose respective governments of North Korea, Cuba and Romania had been critical of reforms. As anti-government protests grew, Honecker begged Gorbachev to intervene with the Soviet army to suppress the protests to maintain communist rule in East Germany as Moscow had done with Czechoslovakia in the Prague Spring of 1968 and with the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, but Gorbachev refused. Honecker was forced to resign by the SED Politburo in October 1989 in a bid to improve the government's image in the eyes of the public; the effort was unsuccessful, and the regime would collapse entirely the following month.
Following German reunification in 1990, Honecker sought asylum in the Chilean embassy in Moscow, but was extradited back to Germany in 1992, after the fall of the Soviet Union, to stand trial for his role in the human rights abuses committed by the East German government. However, the proceedings were abandoned, as Honecker was suffering from terminal liver cancer. He was freed from custody to join his family in exile in Chile, where he died in May 1994.
Honecker's "Hero of the DDR" golden star.
Marked with gold hallmark "900"; te star is set with 5 fine brilliant-cut diamonds.
The honorary title Hero of the GDR was established on 28 October 1975 as the highest state award of the German Democratic Republic and awarded for the first time on 28 November 1975. The honorary title of "Hero of the DDR" was awarded only 17 times (11 persons in toto). Among the recipients were Astronaut (Cosmonaut) Sigmund Jahn, Army General Hoffmann, Leonid Breschnew and the badge being offered at auction to Erich Honecker Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic (DDR) and Head of State.
The recipients were:
Members of the GDR government:
1975 and 1980: Heinz Hoffmann
1975 and 1982: Erich Mielke
1975 and 1983: Friedrich Dickel
1982 and 1987: Erich Honecker
1984: Willi Stoph
Members of the government of the Soviet Union:
1976, 1979 and 1981: Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
1985: Nikolai Tikhonov
Cosmonauts:
1978: Sigmund Jähn
1978: Valery Bykovsky
1978: Vladimir Kovalyonok
1978: Alexander Ivanchenkov
Marked with gold hallmark "900"; te star is set with 5 fine brilliant-cut diamonds.
The honorary title Hero of the GDR was established on 28 October 1975 as the highest state award of the German Democratic Republic and awarded for the first time on 28 November 1975. The honorary title of "Hero of the DDR" was awarded only 17 times (11 persons in toto). Among the recipients were Astronaut (Cosmonaut) Sigmund Jahn, Army General Hoffmann, Leonid Breschnew and the badge being offered at auction to Erich Honecker Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic (DDR) and Head of State.
The recipients were:
Members of the GDR government:
1975 and 1980: Heinz Hoffmann
1975 and 1982: Erich Mielke
1975 and 1983: Friedrich Dickel
1982 and 1987: Erich Honecker
1984: Willi Stoph
Members of the government of the Soviet Union:
1976, 1979 and 1981: Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
1985: Nikolai Tikhonov
Cosmonauts:
1978: Sigmund Jähn
1978: Valery Bykovsky
1978: Vladimir Kovalyonok
1978: Alexander Ivanchenkov
Both stars side by side.
Honecker's Playa Giron Order awarded on August 24, 1982 (order was awarded for services in the struggle against imperialism, colonialism and neo-colonialism, as well as for services to the peace and progress of mankind).
His medal Czechoslovakian 40th anniversary of the liberation of CSSR by Soviet Union commemorative medal.
Award document for the 70 Year Jubilee Medal of the Defense Forces of the USSR 1918 - 1988.
Document for the Korolev medal from the Soviet Cosmonaut Foundation issued on 27 September 1988 to Erich Honecker.
Honorary citizenship diploma of Manitogorsk city "for special services in the construction and development of Manitogorsk".
Mexico-City Merit Medal in Gold.
On the obverse applied coat of arms of Mexico-City. Below The national colours set in precious gemstones: emerald, diamond and ruby.
"Exmo.Sr. Erich Honecker"
On the obverse applied coat of arms of Mexico-City. Below The national colours set in precious gemstones: emerald, diamond and ruby.
"Exmo.Sr. Erich Honecker"
Olympic Order in Gold awarded in 1985 to Erich Honecker.
Marked "BERTONI MILANO" on the reverse.
Miniature marked with hallmark "750" and maker's mark "BERTONI".
The Olympic Order is an award of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that was introduced in 1975 for people who have rendered outstanding services to the Olympic Games.
Until 1984, the Olympic Order was awarded in analogy to the Olympic medals in the classes bronze, silver and gold.
Since 1985, there has no longer been a subdivision into silver and bronze. These classes have been combined to the silver version.
Marked "BERTONI MILANO" on the reverse.
Miniature marked with hallmark "750" and maker's mark "BERTONI".
The Olympic Order is an award of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that was introduced in 1975 for people who have rendered outstanding services to the Olympic Games.
Until 1984, the Olympic Order was awarded in analogy to the Olympic medals in the classes bronze, silver and gold.
Since 1985, there has no longer been a subdivision into silver and bronze. These classes have been combined to the silver version.
People's Republic of Hungary Flag Order, Special Grade with Diamonds.
See also
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Erich Honecker's Order of Sukhbaatar No.1584
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Grand Cross of the White Rose of Finland with Collar of Erich Honecker
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