Tableware DDR TD057 11th. World festival Of Youth And Students Cuba 1978

(3.22)

Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 13x6cm./5.1×2.3inch.
Weight: 122gr./4.3oz.
Year: 1978
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Glass made in the DDR, 1978. Made for the 11th. world festival of youths and students that year held in Cuba.
The 11th World Festival of Youth and Students was held from 27 July to 3 August 1978 in Havana, capital city of Cuba. The festival was attended by 18,500 young people from 145 countries. The motto of the festival was “For Anti-imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship”. The proposal to hold the 11th festival in Cuba was supported at the 10th General Assembly of the World Federation of Democratic Youth held in November 1974 in Varna, Bulgaria. The First Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba approved a resolution on hosting the 11th Festival.
The festival started on 28 July 1978, thousands of young people from around the world marching three kilometers through the main avenues of the capital towards the Latin American Stadium where the opening ceremony was held. It ended on 5 August 1978 with a huge demonstration in the historic Plaza de la Revolución José Martí.

Tableware DDR TD056 National Youth Festival 35 Years DDR 1984

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 14.5x6cm./5.7×2.3inch.
Weight: 145gr./5.1oz.
Year: 1984
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Glass made in the DDR, 1984. The text on the glass reads:”National youth festival. 35 years DDR”.

Tableware DDR TD055 35 Years DDR 1984

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Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 16.5×5.5cm./6.4×2.1inch.
Weight: 121gr./4.2oz.
Year: 1984
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Glass made in the DDR, 1984. The text on the glass reads:”35 Years DDR”, the text at the bottom of the glass is the factory the glass was made.
The DDR was a state that existed from 1949 to 1990, when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Commonly described as a communist state, it described itself as a socialist workers and peasants’ state.
After WWII the Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin but did not include it; as a result, West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the DDR.
Soviet forces remained in the country throughout the Cold War. Until 1989. The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Construction of the Wall was commenced by the DDR on 13 August 1961. The Wall cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, accompanied by a wide area (later known as the “death strip”) that contained anti-vehicle trenches, “fakir beds” and other defenses. The Eastern Bloc portrayed the Wall as protecting its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the “will of the people” in building a socialist state in East Germany.

Tableware DDR TD054 20 Years DDR 1969

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Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 11x7cm./4.3×2.7inch.
Weight: 128gr./4.5oz.
Year: 1969
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Glass made in the DDR, 1969. The text on the glass reads:”20 Years DDR”. Wernesgrüner pilsner and the logo is a beer brand.

Tableware DDR TD053 GST

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Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 13×5.5cm./5.1×2.1inch.
Weight: 118gr./4.1oz.
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Glass made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”Socialist military organization of the DDR”. With GST 30. If it means the 30th. anniversary of the GST the glass would be from 1982. The Sport and Technology Association (GST) was established in 1952 and ended in 1990. In 1988 it had 600.000 members. It was one of the East German “Mass Orgganizationss”. It was established to structure the free time of young people interested in sports and technology in group activities.
Each member was asked to bring in their technological equipment such as, motorcycles, aircraft, radios, and to pratice sports and participate in competitions such as motorraces and shooting. The association worked closely with the National People’s Army (NVA) in order to give children a pre militairy and discipline training.

Tableware DDR TD052 25 Years DDR 1974

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 14x5cm./5.5×1.9inch.
Weight: 109gr./3.8oz.
Year: 1974
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Glass made in the DDR, 1974. The text on the glass reads:”25 years DDR”.
The DDR was a state that existed from 1949 to 1990, when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Commonly described as a communist state, it described itself as a socialist workers and peasants’ state.
After WWII the Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin but did not include it; as a result, West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the DDR.
Soviet forces remained in the country throughout the Cold War. Until 1989. The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Construction of the Wall was commenced by the DDR on 13 August 1961. The Wall cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, accompanied by a wide area (later known as the “death strip”) that contained anti-vehicle trenches, “fakir beds” and other defenses. The Eastern Bloc portrayed the Wall as protecting its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the “will of the people” in building a socialist state in East Germany.

Same glass without the golden edge

Tableware DDR TD051 Warsaw Pact Glass

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Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 16×5.5cm./6.2×2.1inch.
Weight: 113gr./3.9oz.
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Glass made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”Brothers in class, brothers in arms” meaning the Warsaw Pact. The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance of communist countries that existed between 1955 and 1991. It was established as a counterpart to NATO at the suggestion of Soviet party leader Nikita Khrushchev.
The treaty was signed on 14 May 1955 in the Polish capital, Warsaw, in response to NATO by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, the GDR, Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia. All but one of the communist states in Eastern Europe were members: only Yugoslavia was left out. The members of the pact promised to defend each other if one or more members were attacked.

Tableware DDR TD050 Warsaw Pact Glass

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 17x6cm./6.6×2.3inch.
Weight: 135gr./4.7oz.
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Glass made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”From the classes and brothers in arms”, and in the logo”Brotherhood in arms”, meaning the Warsaw Pact. The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance of communist countries that existed between 1955 and 1991. It was established as a counterpart to NATO at the suggestion of Soviet party leader Nikita Khrushchev.
The treaty was signed on 14 May 1955 in the Polish capital, Warsaw, in response to NATO by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, the GDR, Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia. All but one of the communist states in Eastern Europe were members: only Yugoslavia was left out. The members of the pact promised to defend each other if one or more members were attacked.

Tableware DDR TD049 Mug FDJ MMM

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 9.5x5cm./3.7×1.9inch.
Weight: 106gr./3.7oz.
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Mug made in the DDR for the FDJ about the MMM competition. The fair of the masters of tomorrow (MMM) was a youth competition in the GDR. Medals were awarded as prizes. It was organized by the FDJ and took place annually from 1958 to 1990. The aim was to increase interest in technology and science among socialist youth and thus to create new generation of engineers. The first events took place at school or company level; here you could qualify for the district, district and republic level. In October 1958 the Central Fair of Tomorrow’s Masters (ZMMM) took place for the first time and thereafter annually in Leipzig. For the purpose of fulfilling the plans for operational innovations, some marginal improvements were stylized as trade fair exhibits, so that the abbreviation MMM was turned 180 degrees (“upside down”) and became WWW “We Wurschteln Weiter” (We Struggle Forwards).

Tableware DDR TD048 FDJ MMM

(3.22)

Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 13.5×5.5cm./5.3×2.1inch.
Weight: 105gr./3.7oz.
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Glass made in the DDR about the FDJ MMM competition. At the bottom of the glass is the company name. The fair of the masters of tomorrow (MMM) was a youth competition in the GDR. Medals were awarded as prizes. It was organized by the FDJ and took place annually from 1958 to 1990. The aim was to increase interest in technology and science among socialist youth and thus to create new generation of engineers. The first events took place at school or company level; here you could qualify for the district, district and republic level. In October 1958 the Central Fair of Tomorrow’s Masters (ZMMM) took place for the first time and thereafter annually in Leipzig. For the purpose of fulfilling the plans for operational innovations, some marginal improvements were stylized as trade fair exhibits, so that the abbreviation MMM was turned 180 degrees (“upside down”) and became WWW “We Wurschteln Weiter” (We Struggle Forwards).

Tableware DDR TD047 25th. Anniversary FDJ 1971

(3.22)

Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 13.5×6.5cm./5.3×2.5inch.
Weight: 133gr./4.5oz.
Year: 1971
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Glass made in the DDR, 1971. The text on the glass reads:”25th. anniversary FDJ″.
The Free German Youth, also known as the FDJ (in German Freie Deutsche Jugend), is a youth movement in Germany. Formerly it was the official youth movement of the DDR and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The color blue was their primary colour.
The organization was meant for young people, both male and female, between the ages of 14 and 25. In 1981 it had 2.3 million members. After being a member of the Thalmann Pioneers, which was for schoolchildren ages 6 to 14, East German youths would usually join the FDJ. Those who did not join lost access to organized holidays, and found it difficult to be admitted to universities, pursue chosen careers etc. The majority of youths who refused to join did so for religious reasons.
While the movement was intended to promote Marxist–Leninist ideology among East Germany’s young people, it also arranged thousands of holidays for young people through its Jugendtourist agency, and ran discos and open air rock concerts.

Tableware DDR TD046 10 Years FDJ Student Brigades 1975

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 13x5cm./5.1×1.9inch.
Weight: 133gr./3.8oz.
Year: 1975
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Glass made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”10 years FDJ student brigades. Students summer 1975″.
The Free German Youth, also known as the FDJ (in German Freie Deutsche Jugend), is a youth movement in Germany. Formerly it was the official youth movement of the DDR and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The color blue was their primary colour.
The organization was meant for young people, both male and female, between the ages of 14 and 25. In 1981 it had 2.3 million members. After being a member of the Thalmann Pioneers, which was for schoolchildren ages 6 to 14, East German youths would usually join the FDJ. Those who did not join lost access to organized holidays, and found it difficult to be admitted to universities, pursue chosen careers etc. The majority of youths who refused to join did so for religious reasons.
While the movement was intended to promote Marxist–Leninist ideology among East Germany’s young people, it also arranged thousands of holidays for young people through its Jugendtourist agency, and ran discos and open air rock concerts.

Tableware DDR TD045 FDJ Natural Gas Route

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 16×5.5cm./6.2×2.1inch.
Weight: 133gr./4.6oz.
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Glass made in the DDR. The text above the FDJ logo reads:”Natural Gas Route”. The text on the gaspipe reads:”Central Youth Property”. The Druzhba route, named after the Russian word Дружба for “friendship”, was the 550 km long construction phase of the 2,750 km long natural gas pipeline “Soyuz”. The “Trasse” was built by the German Democratic Republic (GDR) as the central youth property of the Free German Youth (FDJ). The length of the GDR section was 518 kilometers. This natural gas route was built in several stages over decades.
Today the pipeline on the German section is operated by the Schwedt mineral oil network.

Tableware DDR TD044 FDJ Military Training Camp

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 13x6cm./5.1×2.3inch.
Weight: 125gr./4.4oz.
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Glass made in the DDR. The text around the FDJ logo reads:”Military Training Camp Kreis Stolberg”.
The Free German Youth, also known as the FDJ (in German Freie Deutsche Jugend), is a youth movement in Germany. Formerly it was the official youth movement of the DDR and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The color blue was their primary colour.
The organization was meant for young people, both male and female, between the ages of 14 and 25. In 1981 it had 2.3 million members. After being a member of the Thalmann Pioneers, which was for schoolchildren ages 6 to 14, East German youths would usually join the FDJ. Those who did not join lost access to organized holidays, and found it difficult to be admitted to universities, pursue chosen careers etc. The majority of youths who refused to join did so for religious reasons.
While the movement was intended to promote Marxist–Leninist ideology among East Germany’s young people, it also arranged thousands of holidays for young people through its Jugendtourist agency, and ran discos and open air rock concerts.

Tableware DDR TD043

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 16x5cm./6.2×1.9inch.
Weight: 120gr./4.2oz.
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Glass made in the DDR.

Tableware DDR TD042 For The Protection Of Workers And Farmers

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 15x6cm./5.9×2.3inch.
Weight: 118gr./5.4oz.
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Glass made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”For the protection of workers and farmers”.

Tableware DDR TD041 20 Years NVA 1976

(3.22)

Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 16x5cm./6.2×1.9inch.
Weight: 118gr./4.1oz.
Year: 1976
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Glass made in the DDR, 1976. The text on the glass reads:”20 Years NVA”.
The NVA was formed in 1956 to succeed the Kasernierte Volkspolizei (Barracked People’s Police) and influenced by the Soviet Army, becoming one of the Warsaw Pact militaries opposing NATO during the Cold War. The majority of NATO officers rated the NVA the best military in the Warsaw Pact based on discipline, thoroughness of training, and the quality of officer leadership.
The NVA did not see significant combat but participated in the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, deployed military advisors to communist governments in other countries, and manned the Berlin Wall where they were responsible for numerous deaths. The NVA was dissolved in 1990 and its facilities and equipment were handed over to the Bundeswehr (the armed forces of West Germany), which also absorbed most of its personnel below the rank of non-commissioned officer.

Tableware DDR TD040 Glass With Soviet Tanks

(3.22)

Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 16x5cm./6.2×1.9inch.
Weight: 117gr./4.1oz.
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Glass made in the DDR. On the glass are images of Soviet tanks.

Tableware DDR TD039 Soviet Missle Vehicle

(3.22)

Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 16x5cm./6.2×1.9inch.
Weight: 124gr./4.3oz.
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Glass made in the DDR. On the glass is an image of a Soviet missle vehicle.

Tableware DDR TD038 Soviet Katyusha Rocket Launcher

(3.22)

Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 12×6cm./4.7×2.3inch.
Weight: 78gr./2.7oz.
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Glass made in the DDR. On the glass is an image of the Soviet Katyusha rocket launcher. The Katyusha multiple rocket launcher is a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. Multiple rocket launchers such as these deliver explosives to a target area more intensively than conventional artillery, but with lower accuracy and requiring a longer time to reload.
They are fragile compared to artillery guns, but are cheap, easy to produce, and usable on any chassis. The Katyushas of World War II, the first self-propelled artillery mass-produced by the Soviet Union, were usually mounted on ordinary trucks. This mobility gave the Katyusha, and other self-propelled artillery, another advantage: being able to deliver a large blow all at once, and then move before being located and attacked with counter-battery fire.

Katyusha rocket launchers

Tableware DDR TD037 Soviet Battle Cruiser Kirov

(3.22)

Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 12×6cm./4.7×2.3inch.
Weight: 67gr./2.3oz.
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Glass made in the DDR. On the glass is an image of the Kirov Cruiser, launced in 1977 wich would be the first ship in the Kirov Class cruisers. In total 4 ships were made. The Kirov Cruiser was commisioned in 1980 and scraped in 2021. Kirov is the lead ship of the Kirov class of nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers. Originally built for the Soviet Navy and passed onto the succeeding Russian Navy, she and her three sister ships are the largest and heaviest surface combatant warships ever built.

The Kirov Battle Cruiser

Tableware DDR TD036 Medium Tank T-34

(3.22)

Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 12×6cm./4.7×2.3inch.
Weight: 70gr./2.4oz.
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Glass made in the DDR. On the glass is an image of the Soviet T-34 tank.
The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank introduced in 1940. Its 76.2 mm tank gun was more powerful than its contemporaries while its 60 degree sloped armour provided good protection against anti-tank weapons. The T-34 had a profound effect on the conflict on the Eastern Front in the Second World War, and had a lasting impact on tank design. After the Germans encountered the tank in 1941 during Operation Barbarossa, German general Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist called it “the finest tank in the world” and Heinz Guderian affirmed the T-34’s “vast superiority” over German tanks.
The Soviets ultimately built over 80.000 T-34s of all variants, allowing steadily greater numbers to be fielded despite the loss of tens of thousands in combat against the German Wehrmacht. Replacing many light and medium tanks in Red Army service, it was the most-produced tank of the war, as well as the second most-produced tank of all time (after its successor, the T-54/T-55 series). With 44,900 lost during the war, it also suffered the most tank losses ever.

Tableware DDR TD035 Ground Attack Aircraft Ilyushin Il-2

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Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 12×6cm./4.7×2.3inch.
Weight: 76gr./2.6oz.
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Glass made in the DDR. On the glass is an image of the Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack plane.
The Ilyushin Il-2 is a ground-attack aircraft produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War. During the war, 36,183 units of the Il-2 were produced, and in combination with its successor, the Ilyushin Il-10, a total of 42,330 were built, making it the single most produced military aircraft design in aviation history, as well as one of the most produced piloted aircraft in history along with the American postwar civilian Cessna 172.

Tableware DDR TD034 60 Years October Revolution 1977

(3.22)

Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 15×6cm./5.9×2.4inch.
Weight: 161gr./5.6oz.
Year: 1977
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Glass made in the DDR, 1977. The glass was made to celebrate 60 years of October Revolution. The October Revolution was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin. It followed and capitalized on the February Revolution of the same year, which overthrew the Tsarist autocracy and resulted in a provisional government.
As the October Revolution was not universally recognized, there followed the struggles of the Russian Civil War (1917–22) and the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922. The Bolsheviks would become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Stalin was one of the militairy leaders of the Bolsheviks and took control over the Soviet Union after Lenin’s death in 1924.

Tableware DDR TD033 Alert And Ready For Battle

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 15×6.5cm./5.9×2.5inch.
Weight: 150gr./5.2oz.
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Glass made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”Battle course. Alert and ready for battle”.

Tableware DDR TD032 20 Years Civil Defense 1978

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 14×5cm./5.5×1.9inch.
Weight: 112gr./4oz.
Year: 1978
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Glass made in the DDR, 1978. The text reads:”20 Years Civil Defense”.
The Civil Defense of the DDR was an organization for the protection of the population, the economy, vital facilities and cultural values against the consequences of disasters and accidents. In the event of war, it should also serve to protect its own population from military operations.

Tableware DDR TD031 Civil Defense 1975

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 16×5cm./6.2×1.9inch.
Weight: 116gr./4oz.
Year: 1975
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Glass made in the DDR, 1975. The text on the logo reads:”Civil Defense”, and beneath the logo:”Order ’75”. The Civil Defense of the DDR was an organization for the protection of the population, the economy, vital facilities and cultural values against the consequences of disasters and accidents. In the event of war, it should also serve to protect its own population from military operations.

Tableware DDR TD030 GST 1982

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 13×6cm./5.1×2.3inch.
Weight: 140gr./4oz.
Year: 1982
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Glass made in the DDR. On the glass is the logo of the GST (Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik, Sport and Technology Association).
The Sport and Technology Association was established in 1952 and ended in 1990. In 1988 it had 600.000 members. It was one of the East German “Mass Orgganizationss”. It was established to structure the free time of young people interested in sports and technology in group activities.
Each member was asked to bring in their technological equipment such as, motorcycles, aircraft, radios, and to pratice sports and participate in competitions such as motorraces and shooting. The association worked closely with the National People’s Army (NVA) in order to give children a pre militairy and discipline training.

Tableware DDR TD029 GST

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 17×6cm./6.6×2.3inch.
Weight: 140gr./5oz.
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Glass made in the DDR. On the glass is the logo of the GST (Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik, Sport and Technology Association). The text on the bottom of the glass is the name of a soccerteam. Probably they gave them this glass for participating in a soccer competition.
The Sport and Technology Association was established in 1952 and ended in 1990. In 1988 it had 600.000 members. It was one of the East German “Mass Orgganizationss”. It was established to structure the free time of young people interested in sports and technology in group activities.
Each member was asked to bring in their technological equipment such as, motorcycles, aircraft, radios, and to pratice sports and participate in competitions such as motorraces and shooting. The association worked closely with the National People’s Army (NVA) in order to give children a pre militairy and discipline training.

Tableware DDR TD028 Ready For Battle At Any Time

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 14×6cm./5.5×2.3inch.
Weight: 142gr./5oz.
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Glass made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”Soldier’s mission, Like Thälmann, determined to fight, ready for battle at any time”. Ernst Thalmann (1886-1944) was a German communist politician. He was leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) from 1925 to 1933. A committed Stalinist, murdered by the Nazi’s in 1944.

Tableware DDR TD027 Ready For Battle At Any Time

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 17×6cm./6.6×2.3inch.
Weight: 121gr./4.2oz.
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Glass made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”Soldier’s mission, Like Thälmann, determined to fight, ready for battle at any time”. Ernst Thalmann (1886-1944) was a German communist politician. He was leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) from 1925 to 1933. A committed Stalinist, murdered by the Nazi’s in 1944.

Tableware DDR TD026 Glass Coat Of Arms

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 16×5cm./6.2×1.9inch.
Weight: 116gr./4oz.
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Glass made in the DDR with the coat of arms. The text on the glass reads:”For the protection of workers and farmers”. On the backside of the glass are some navy ships.

Tableware DDR TD025 Glass Border Patrol

(3.22)

Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 16×5cm./6.2×1.9inch.
Weight: 129gr./4.1oz.
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Glass made in the DDR for the Border Patrol. The text on the glass reads:”Border Patrol of the DDR”.
The Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic was the border guard of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1946 to 1990.
The Grenztruppen were the primary force guarding the Berlin Wall and the Inner German border. The force belonged to the Ministry of National Defence (MfNV) from 1961, and was a service branch of the National People’s Army until 1971 when it became directly subordinate to the MfNV. The Border Troops numbered approximately 47,000 personnel at its peak, consisting of volunteers and conscripts, the third largest Warsaw Pact border guard after Soviet Union and Poland.
The Grenztruppen main role was preventing Republikflucht, the illegal migration from the GDR, and were controversially responsible for many deaths at the Berlin Wall. At least 29 border guards were killed in the line of duty, and many faced criminal charges after German Reunification.

Tableware DDR TD024 Glass Border Patrol

(3.22)

Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 16.5×5cm./6.4×1.9inch.
Weight: 129gr./4.6oz.
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Glass made in the DDR for the Border Patrol. The Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic was the border guard of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1946 to 1990.
The Grenztruppen were the primary force guarding the Berlin Wall and the Inner German border. The force belonged to the Ministry of National Defence (MfNV) from 1961, and was a service branch of the National People’s Army until 1971 when it became directly subordinate to the MfNV. The Border Troops numbered approximately 47,000 personnel at its peak, consisting of volunteers and conscripts, the third largest Warsaw Pact border guard after Soviet Union and Poland.
The Grenztruppen main role was preventing Republikflucht, the illegal migration from the GDR, and were controversially responsible for many deaths at the Berlin Wall. At least 29 border guards were killed in the line of duty, and many faced criminal charges after German Reunification.

Tableware DDR TD023 Combat Course Socialist Military Training

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 17×6cm./6.6×2.3inch.
Weight: 129gr./4.5oz.
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Beer glas made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”Thanks and recognition for merits in the combat course socialist military training”, and on the right in black:”Always alert, strong in battle, and ready for battle”.

Tableware DDR TD022 Strong And Ready To Fight

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 16×5cm./6.1×1.9inch.
Weight: 123gr./4.3oz.
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Beer glas made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”With the weapons brothers. Strong and ready to fight. Soldiers Initiative”.

Tableware DDR TD021 International Shooting Competition

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 16.5×5cm./6.4×1.9inch.
Weight: 118gr./4.1oz.
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Beer glas made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”International sport shooting competition”.

Tableware DDR TD020 Individual Championship Bowling 1985

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 17.5×6cm./6.8×2.3inch.
Weight: 150gr./5.2oz.
Year: 1985
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Beer glas made in the DDR, 1985. The text on the glass reads:”Individual championship bowling”.

Tableware DDR TD019 IXth Party Congress SED 1976

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 16×5cm./6.2×1.9inch.
Weight: 120gr./4.2oz.
Year: 1976
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Beer glas made in the DDR, 1976. The text on the glass reads:”As a class struggle, the military resources are kept working at any time″. The party congress of the SED was the highest party organ of the SED. The Central Committee of the SED was determined at the party congress. The party conferences took place in East Berlin. The SED party conferences were largely prepared and staged by the party leadership. The delegates of the party congress were selected and invited by the Central Committee of the SED. Care was taken to select an appropriate proportion of women and young people, as well as “model workers”. The candidates chosen by the Central Committee were then ostensibly elected in local conferences of delegates.

Tableware DDR TD018 Honor Parade Berlin 1978

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 16×5.5cm./6.2×2.1inch.
Weight: 116gr./4.1oz.
Year: 1978
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Beer glas made in the DDR. On the glass are images of Berlin. The text on the glass reads:”Honor Parade Berlin 1978″.

Tableware DDR TD017 Beer Glass 20 Years Of KDA 1973

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 15×6cm./5.9×2.3inch.
Weight: 116gr./5.5oz.
Year: 1973
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Beer glass for celebrating 20 years KDA made in 1973. The text on the glass reads:”20 Years Combat Troops Of The Working Class” the text in the logo reads:”for excellence in combat and operational readiness”. The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.

Tableware DDR TD016 Beer Glass 35 Years Of KDA Combat Group Unit Georg Dreke 1988

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Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 16×6cm./6.2×2.3inch.
Weight: 144gr./5oz.
Year: 1988
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Beer glass for celebrating 35 years KDA made in 1988. The text on the glass reads:”35 Years Combat Troops Of The Working Class” and below:”Combat Unit Georg Dreke”. The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.

Tableware DDR TD015 Beer Glass 30 Years Of KDA 1983

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Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 14×6cm./5.5×2.3inch.
Weight: 116gr./5.2oz.
Year: 1983
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Beer glass for celebrating 30 years KDA made in 1983. The text on the glass reads:”30 Years Combat Troops Of The Working Class”. The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.

Tableware DDR TD014 Beer Glass 25 Years Of KDA 1978

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 13×6cm./5.1×2.3inch.
Weight: 116gr./3.7oz.
Year: 1978
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Beer glass for celebrating 25 years KDA made in 1978. The text on the glass reads:”25 Years Combat Troops Of The Working Class”. The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.

Tableware DDR TD013 SED Districtmanagement Templin

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 15x6cm./5.9×2.3inch.
Weight: 143gr./5oz.
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Glass made in the DDR for the KDA. The text on the front reads:”SED Districtmanagement”. The SED (Socialist Unity Party of Germany) was the ruling party of the DDR. At the bottom of the glass it says:”Templin” wich is a city in Germany. In the middle of the glass the text reads:”For the protection of workers and farmers”. The hand with the rifle and flag is the symbol of the KDA.
The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.

Tableware DDR TD012 Glass KDA Spartakiade 1976

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Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 16.5x6cm./6.4×2.3inch.
Weight: 138gr./4.8oz.
Year: 1976
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Glass made in the DDR for the KDA. The text on the front reads:”For the protection of workers and farmers” and:”Districtspartakiade Combat Groups of the Workingclass, Halle, 1976″. Spartakiade are sportgames similair to the Olympic Games.
The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.

Tableware DDR TD011 Longdrink Glas 35 Years Of KDA 1988

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Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 13.5x6cm./5.3×2.3inch.
Weight: 144gr./5oz.
Year: 1988
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Longdrink glass for celebrating 35 years KDA made in 1988. The text on the glass reads:”35 Years Combat Troops Of The Working Class. Unit Erich Pflug”.
The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.

Tableware DDR TD010 Beer Glass 25 Years Of KDA 1978

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 16×5.5cm./6.2×2.1inch.
Weight: 116gr./4oz.
Year: 1978
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Beer glass for celebrating 25 years KDA made in 1978. The text on the glass reads:”25 Years Combat Troops Of The Working Class”. The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.

Tableware DDR TD009 Beer Glass KDA

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 17×5.5cm./6.6×2.1inch.
Weight: 131gr./5.7oz.
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Beer glass KDA made in the DDR. The text on the glass reads:”Combat Groups Hundred”. The KDA were organized into units called Hundertschaften and battalions. Hundertschaften (hundreds) were the primary units of the KdA, made up of about 100 workers from large factories or even neighborhoods who sought to “defend the property of the people”. Each hundred was organized into three platoons, each containing three groups (squads).
The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.

Tableware DDR TD008 Beer Glass 25 Years Of KDA 1978

(3.22)

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 15.5×6.5cm./6.1×2.5inch.
Weight: 164gr./5.7oz.
Year: 1978
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Beer glass for celebrating 25 years KDA made in 1978. The text on the glass reads:”25 Years Combat Troops Of The Working Class”. The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.

Tableware DDR TD007 Cognac Tulip Glass 25 Years Of KDA 1978

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Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 15.5×6.5cm./6.1×2.5inch.
Weight: 164gr./5.7oz.
Year: 1978
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Congac tulip glass for celebrating 25 years KDA made in 1978. The text on the glass reads:”25 Years Combat Troops Of The Working Class”. The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KDA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. The KDA served for the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany composed of party members and politically reliable working people, based on dictatorship of the proletariat principles, to be deployed locally to fight civil unrest or invasion. The KDA was a civil reserve force tied to the GDR’s Ministry of the Interior and the Volkspolizei, reaching 211,000 personnel at its peak in 1980. The KDA was disbanded after the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989.

Tableware DDR TD006 Border Troops Beer Mug

Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 13×9.5cm./6.6×3.7inch.
Weight: 342gr./12oz.
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Beer mug from the DDR from the border patrol.

Tableware DDR TD005 Border Troops Beer Mug 1976

Price: 7.50 euro
Size: 13×8.5cm./6.6×3.9inch.
Weight: 600gr./17.9oz.
Year: 1976
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Beer mug from the DDR from the border patrol. The text on the mug reads:”30 Years Border Patrol DDR”. The various bordr patrol regiments were named after historical figures. In this case it was Neihardt V. Gneisenau. August Wilhelm Antonius Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760-1831) was a Prussian field marshal. He was a prominent figure in the reform of the Prussian military and the War of Liberation. He took part in the Waterloo Battle against Napoleon.

Tableware DDR TD004 Border Troops Beer Mug

Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 17x10cm./6.6×3.9inch.
Weight: 509gr./17.9oz.
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Beer mug from the DDR from the border patrol. The text on the mug reads:”Border Troops DDR”. The various border troop regiments were named after historical or important figures. This was the Herbert Warnke Regiment. Herbert Warnke (1902-1975) was an East German trade unionist and politician who served as both Chairman of the Free German Trade Union Federation and a member of the Politburo of the Socialist Unity Party.

Tableware DDR TD003 Border Troops Beer Mug

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Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 16.5x11cm./6.4×4.3inch.
Weight: 815gr./28.7oz.
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Beer mug from the DDR from the border patrol. The text on the mug reads:”Border Troops DDR”.

Tableware DDR TD002 KVP 1955

(8.20)

Price: 20.00 euro
Size: 24cm./9.4inch.
Weight: 450gr./15.8oz.

Porcelain KVP plate from 1955.
The Kasernierte Volkspolizei (German for Barracked People’s Police) was the precursor to the National People’s Army (NVA) in East Germany. Their original headquarters was in Adlershof locality in Berlin, and from 1954 in Strausberg in modern-day Brandenburg. They ceased to exist after 1956, having been transformed into the NVA.
In October 1948 the Soviet Military Administration in Germany formed the Alert Police (Bereitschaftspolizei), a force of armed units housed in barracks and trained in military fashion. The force consisted of forty units with 100–250 men each, the units being subordinated to provincial authorities. Many of the officers and men were recruited from among German POWs held in the Soviet Union.

KVP in parade.

Tableware DDR TD001 Civil Defence

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(12.5.19)

Price: 20.00 euro
Size: 23cm./9.05inch.
Weight: 450gr./15.8oz.

Plate from the DDR from the Civil Defence Force. On the top the plate says:”Protect And Help”.  In the middle it says:”Civil Defence”. On the bottom it says:”Presented By The Civil Defence Staff.”.