Germany, DDR. A Rare National Prize in Gold, Type 2, with Case and Ribbon Bar visually-hidden front visor is patent leather

front visor is patent leather

one of which is preceded by “OGF” (Obergefreiter)

the reverse engraved maker “P

all contained within period original cases

measures 24mm (w) x 10

Germany, DDR. A Rare National Prize in Gold, Type 2, with Case and Ribbon Bar visually-hidden front visor is patent leather(Nationalpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik in Gold mit Bandschnalle und Etui). Instituted 31 March 1949. (1973 1989 issue). Constructed of 12K Gold, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a rightward facing profile of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, circumscribed by an inscription of DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of NATIONAL PREIS (NATIONAL