GDR - Fatherland Order of Merit in gold, First... Lot 37

GDR - Fatherland Order of Merit in gold, First Form and Honorary Clasp to the VVO. The Fatherland Order of Merit has a gold content of 900/1000, was awarded in 1971. The Honorary Clasp, with diamonds, bimetal gold plated, was awarded in 1981. Each in its original case. Excellent condition, despite minimal signs of age and some spotting (see honorary clasp). Enclosed are the award certificates with printed signatures of Walter Ulbricht (for the VVO) and Erich Honnecker (for the Ehrenspange) in the original hardcover envelope. These awards were presented to Heinz Abraham. Heinz Abraham was born on June 30, 1911 in Allenstein, East Prussia, and was a Jewish-German anti-fascist, historian and diplomat. During his emigration in the USSR, he worked, among other things, as an architect and construction manager in housing construction and industry, especially at the Soviet state project planning office Gorstroiprojekt. In the GDR, he took on the role of university lecturer in the history and politics of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) at the "Karl Marx" Party College of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). From 1960 to 1964 he held the post of envoy of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) to the Soviet Union. Heinz Abraham died in Berlin on March 2, 1992.