Bartel, F. Katalog der Auszeichnungen und Abzeichen der DDR. Band 3

Includes the badges of the sports organisations of the GDR, but more than significantly expanded to include the event badges and winners' medals of the GDR, but also World and European championships that took place in the GDR. Also new are the subjects of FDGB trophies, sports schools, children's and youth sporting events and district and local sporting events. A total of approx. 9000 illustrations with descriptions, whose picture and text quality is familiar to collectors, promise a great deal of news

The GDR was one of the leading countries in sport and competitive sport. The catalogue briefly shows the development and organisation of sport through sports associations, sections and specialist committees to the DTSB with its 36 specialist associations for the individual sports. In addition, there are the SV of the armed organs in changing structures, the state secretariat, responsible for sports badges, sports classification and state examinations, ADMV and anglers' association, committee for tourism and hiking, mass sports and hiking badges up to the well-known snow crystal and much more. The catalogue, again awaited by many collectors, with almost 9000 illustrations of the usual quality, covers - 16 supra-regional sports associations (SV) from activist to scientific, - the German Gymnastics and Sports Federation (DTSB) that emerged from them, - the 36 specialist associations led by the DTSB from basketball to roller sports to volleyball - the sections and specialist committees, the German General Motorsports Association (ADMV) and the German Anglers' Association (DAV) - the Olympic Society and the National Olympic Committee - the State Secretariat for Physical Culture and Sport with sports badges and classification - the sports schools and children's and youth sporting events - the FDGB cup competitions and many other areas from SV of the armed organs to district and local sports events. There are even more surprises waiting in the contents. This catalogue includes not only the badges and awards of the above-mentioned organisations, but for the first time also their sporting events up to the World and European Championships held in the GDR, their inter-country comparisons and cup competitions. One focus is on the winner's medals of the German and GDR championships, as they have never been recorded in a catalogue before. From automobile racing to ice sailing, sea swimming and lawn sports, the reader will find many surprises. A clear structure and an extensive index help to quickly find the items they are looking for. We wish all collectors successful browsing.