DDR Medal ribbons

[Watchdog]

Good evening gents,

I am usually pretty good at internet searches and most often find what I am after but in the case of DDR medal ribbons (just the ribbon not Interimspangen) I have drawn a total blank.

I am just seeking small lengths sufficient to re-hang single medals or Interimspangen that either have no ribbon or have ribbons that are really beyond redemption.

Clearly they had to have been manufactured in quantity enough to cope with continuous manufacture and the production of new spangen as groups expanded. So where is the surplus that must surely have resulted from the demise of the DDR?

I have managed to source original ribbon for many medals from many nations even originals from WWI so I can't believe there is no surplus stock of DDR ribbons.

Can anybody please point me in the right direction?

Regards

Mark

[kekel]

metaly, vyznamenani, medaile | Army Shop Military Range
hello i don't know exactly what you are looking for but here in the link are some ddr medals and ribbons etc.

[Blitzvogel]

I agree Mark, it is rather strange isn't it...I guess you could say they were thrown away by the factory workers. Once DDR ceased to exist and privatization started, I suppose many factories simply threw a lot of the old stuff away. They had no use for it.

-Joel

[Watchdog]

metaly, vyznamenani, medaile | Army Shop Military Range
hello i don't know exactly what you are looking for but here in the link are some ddr medals and ribbons etc.

Thanks for the link but it is the actual (fabric) ribbons I am looking for.

Regards

Mark

[Watchdog]

I agree Mark, it is rather strange isn't it...I guess you could say they were thrown away by the factory workers. Once DDR ceased to exist and privatization started, I suppose many factories simply threw a lot of the old stuff away. They had no use for it.

-Joel

I know what you mean but from what I know of the DDR I don't think that would have happened unles someone gave an instruction for it.
Also at the very end things did not stop overnight and factories continued to fulfill contracts (I am particularly speaking of medals and insignia here) until either the contract was complete or they were officially told to stop.
Then of course there would be stocks in the establishments and outlets such as military tailors etc. Where has that gone.
Even if stocks were thrown away we all know that unless it was a very controlled disposal some would have been salvaged by someone!

Look how much TR stuff survived under very different circumstances (I know the DDR situation was much smaller but the circumstances were nowhere near as harsh)

I don't understand it at all

Regards

Mark

[Blitzvogel]

I know what you mean but from what I know of the DDR I don't think that would have happened unles someone gave an instruction for it.
Also at the very end things did not stop overnight and factories continued to fulfill contracts (I am particularly speaking of medals and insignia here) until either the contract was complete or they were officially told to stop.
Then of course there would be stocks in the establishments and outlets such as military tailors etc. Where has that gone.
Even if stocks were thrown away we all know that unless it was a very controlled disposal some would have been salvaged by someone!

Look how much TR stuff survived under very different circumstances (I know the DDR situation was much smaller but the circumstances were nowhere near as harsh)

I don't understand it at all

Regards

Mark

I've read that the Treuhandanstalt, (The agency in charge of the privatization of East German companies and property) was accused of misuse and waste of resources. I wouldn't be surprised if they were just told to throw all the little trinkets and fabrics away. After all, the privatization was a massive undertaking. With Nazi Germany, there were many, many small private family owned companies and they really had no similar pressure in terms of transition.

I can't really think of any other reason as to why the ribbons were never present in the surplus market. It must be that they simply don't exist anymore.

-Joel

[Watchdog]

Good point, I was still in Germany when the "Treuhand" came to be and there was indeed much critiscism from the very start as I recall.

In the end I suppose we just don't know. After all, look at the sheer volume of information about the TR that is only becoming known today after more than 70 years after it fell.

Should we look forward to "hoard finds"?

Regards

Mark

[Blitzvogel]

Good point, I was still in Germany when the "Treuhand" came to be and there was indeed much critiscism from the very start as I recall.

In the end I suppose we just don't know. After all, look at the sheer volume of information about the TR that is only becoming known today after more than 70 years after it fell.

Should we look forward to "hoard finds"?

Regards

Mark

We'll just have to wait and see and keep our eyes open for surprises! I'll be sure to tell you if I find any of those ribbons...

[Watchdog]

We'll just have to wait and see and keep our eyes open for surprises! I'll be sure to tell you if I find any of those ribbons...

Likewise

Mark