Hersteller code 3. reich5/29/2023 The actual LDO numbering was introduced on 1 March 1941 (ref. (Later moved to Eugen Richter Strasse 6)Ī further notice on 1 November 1940 from the Pr?sidialkanzlei publicised the fact that the manufacture of orders and decorations for the private retail market was permitted only by Licensed firms.įirms who failed to follow regulations could be and indeed on occasion did have their manufacturing licenses withdrawn (Petz and Lorenz and Otto Schickle of Pforzheim being two examples). Leistungsgemeinschaft der Deutschen Ordenshersteller, 27 K?rnerstrasse, Hagen-Westf. The origins of the LDO lay in a meeting held at the Pr?sidialkanzlei where it was decreed that in order to maintain the quality and thus the prestige of military awards and decorations, their manufacture was to be controlled and licensed.Ī subsequent meeting held in the Russischer Hof Hotel in Berlin on 15 July 1940 chaired by Dr Doehle and representatives from the orders manufacturing industry formally established the LDO as the central organisation for the control of the manufacture of awards for private retail. The LDO mark ( with L/ prefix), more properly known as the Herstellerzeichen, was introduced on 1 March 1941. There does still seem to be considerable misconception about the exact purpose of these markings however. No real point in listing all the various LDO and PK marks as these are widely available from numerous sources.
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