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Document and Order Estate of Prof. Alfred Lange, Freiberg Mining Academy - From the Delousing Certificate to the National Prize of the GDR.
1906 - 1968, university lecturer and scientist, Dean of the Faculty of Metallurgy. Documents and medals of a life between the German Empire and the German Democratic Republic. Gustav Alfred Lange (* January 18, 1906 in Halsbrücke; † February 26, 1968 in Freiberg) was a German metallurgist. Son of a metallurgical inspector in Halsbrücke / Abitur in Freiberg / studied metallurgy at the Freiberg Mining Academy from 1925-30 / assistant to Carl Schiffner / additional studies in metal processing 1932 / 1932 - 1945 engineer and senior engineer at the Humboldt company in Cologne-Kalk. Field of work: construction and commissioning of smelting works, this activity took him to Yugoslavia, Argentina, Romania, Bulgaria, Belgium, France and Italy, among other places / Destruction of the Cologne apartment / 1945 return to Saxony / Management of the Halsbrücke smelting works until 1950 / 1948 first teaching assignments at the Freiberg Mining Academy / 1950 full professor and director of the Institute of Metallurgy / 1964 Dean of the Faculty of Metallurgy. (Wikipedia) The extensive collection includes documents, photos, newspapers, medals and several works by Prof. Lange. - "Deutscher Nationalpreis" III. Klasse für Wissenschaft und Technik, 1965, with the signature of Walther Ulbricht. (Medal and folder in original condition). Including invitation to the ceremony, receipt for 25,000 marks, photos of the presentation, sticker of the guest house of the Republic "Johannishof", letter of announcement and others. - "Vaterländischer Verdienstorden" in silver, 1959, sealed and with the signature of Wilhelm Pieck. Order (with small chip) and folder in original condition. Including numerous letters from politics, business and academia with congratulations on the award. - "Merited Technician of the People", 1956, with the signature of Willi Stoph. Medal and folder in original condition. - "Abraham-Gottlob-Werner-Plakette", 1961, Society of German Miners and Metallurgists. With numerous congratulatory letters. - "Badge of Honor of the Freiberg Mining Academy", 1967, medal and certificate. - "Honorary member of the Society of German Miners and Metallurgists", 1967, folder of certificates. - "Arthur Becker Medal" in silver. Medals and folder - "Activist badge", badges and paper. Also present from the immediate post-war period: several daily newspapers with reference to the person / membership card no. 313 of the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany, Saxony state association, 1946 / 2 'Propusk' of the Soviet occupation zone, 1947 and 1948 / 2 travel permits / 4 different work and identity cards / "Temporary travel document in place of a passport for German citizens", 1965 / ID card of the "Society of German-Soviet Friendship". From the National Socialist era: Membership book of the Labor Front / Membership book NS-Volkswohlfahrt / 2 insurance cards of the employee insurance / Papers in connection with airplane damage and ration coupons / Various travel and passports including passes for Paris / Identification card German Reich / Passport German Reich with many endorsements / Delousing certificate. Literature: "Freiberger Forschungshefte" B112, "Beiträge zur Theorie und Praxis der NE-Metallurgie - Herrn Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Alfred Lange zu seinem 60. Geburtstag gewidmet", 1966, 232 pp. / "Freiberger Forschungshefte" Reihe B Heft 3, 1953, "Entwicklung und Probleme der modernen Rösttechnik". / Lange: "Nichteisenmetalle", Urania Verlag 1954, 117 pages, paperback / "Neue Hütte", February 1968, VEB Deutscher Verlag für Grundstoffindustrie", magazine. As well as bundles of insurance certificates / private album for the National Prize / photos of the silver wedding / school leaving certificate / individual contracts / mourning statements and bundle of further articles by and about Prof. Lange as well as portrait photos.
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Call time 17 June 2026 | expected 16:34 (CET)