The International Brigades in the Spanish War ... - The Flag Institute

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Representing the International Red Help (Socorro Rojo
Internacional)
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Today, of course, the three-pointed star is of general use
in veterans’ societies and it is present in different types
of supports in monuments, badges, pins, etc.
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9.3 Medals
Medal of the international volonteers
Fig. 73
The “Hans Beimler Medal”
Established by the Deutsche Demokratische Republik
(DDR) in 1956. The Hans Beimler medal was awarded
for services in the “International Revolution and Liberation
Struggle of the Spanish Peoples 1936-1939.” The
medal is silver in appearance and has a diameter of 32
mm. On the obverse stands a Portrait of Hans Beimler.
On the upper outer portion of the obverse is the inscription
of the years of Hans Beimler’s lifespan “1895-1936.”
The reverse displays the emblem of the International
Brigades, whose points are superimposed over the inner
circle of letters spelling out the words “INTERNATIONALE
BRIGADEN” and surrounded by an outer ring of letters
“KAMPFER SPANIENS FREIHEIT 1936-1939” (FIGHTER FOR
SPANISH LIBERTY 1936-1939) with the years of the Spanish
Civil War placed at the bottom. The medal is suspended
on a rectangular ribbon bar of red, yellow, and violet
horizontal strips; on the outer edges of both sides are
narrow vertical stripes of black, red, and gold, the colors
of the German Flag.
Fig. 74
The “Jaroslaw Dabrowski Brigade Commemorative
Decoration” (Odznaka Pamiatkowa
Dabrowszczakow)
Instituted in 1945 to honour the soldiers of the Jaroslaw
Dabrowski XIII International Brigade, which fought on
the Republican side during the Spanish civil war of 1936-
1939. Badge: 35 mm in diameter, made in white metal.
The central part has the form of the three-pointed star
depicting the bust of General Dabrowski. At the points
of the star there is the inscription XIII / IB : 1936 : 1939.