Order of Karl Marx
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The Order of Karl Marx was the highest state honor of the German Democratic Republic, awarded for outstanding service to socialism and the state.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Order of Karl Marx canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2719993 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Order of Karl Marx Context triple: [Wilhelm Pieck, awardReceived, Order of Karl Marx]
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A.
Karl Marx Party College
Karl Marx Party College was an East German political education institution that trained party officials and functionaries in Marxist-Leninist ideology.
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B.
Carlo Marx
Carlo Marx is a passionate, eccentric poet in Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road," widely recognized as a fictionalized portrayal of the Beat Generation writer Allen Ginsberg.
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C.
Communist League
The Communist League was a 19th-century international revolutionary socialist organization that commissioned Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to write the Communist Manifesto and played a key role in the early development of communism.
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D.
Karl Korsch
Karl Korsch was a German Marxist theorist and philosopher known for his critical contributions to Western Marxism and his emphasis on the historical and practical dimensions of Marxist theory.
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E.
Kommounistiki Epitheorisi
Kommounistiki Epitheorisi is the main theoretical and political journal of the Communist Party of Greece, publishing Marxist-Leninist analysis and party positions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Order of Karl Marx Target entity description: The Order of Karl Marx was the highest state honor of the German Democratic Republic, awarded for outstanding service to socialism and the state.
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A.
Karl Marx Party College
Karl Marx Party College was an East German political education institution that trained party officials and functionaries in Marxist-Leninist ideology.
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B.
Carlo Marx
Carlo Marx is a passionate, eccentric poet in Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road," widely recognized as a fictionalized portrayal of the Beat Generation writer Allen Ginsberg.
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C.
Communist League
The Communist League was a 19th-century international revolutionary socialist organization that commissioned Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to write the Communist Manifesto and played a key role in the early development of communism.
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D.
Karl Korsch
Karl Korsch was a German Marxist theorist and philosopher known for his critical contributions to Western Marxism and his emphasis on the historical and practical dimensions of Marxist theory.
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E.
Kommounistiki Epitheorisi
Kommounistiki Epitheorisi is the main theoretical and political journal of the Communist Party of Greece, publishing Marxist-Leninist analysis and party positions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
order of merit
ⓘ
state order ⓘ |
| alsoPresentedBy | President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ |
| awardedTo |
collectives
ⓘ
foreign citizens ⓘ foreign organizations ⓘ individual persons ⓘ institutions ⓘ military units ⓘ |
| awardedWith |
certificate
ⓘ
gold medal ⓘ monetary prize ⓘ |
| awardFor |
outstanding service to socialism
ⓘ
outstanding service to the state ⓘ |
| awardingAuthority |
government of the German Democratic Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Council of Ministers of the GDR
|
| country |
German Democratic Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
East Germany
|
| depicts | portrait of Karl Marx ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1990-10-02 ⓘ |
| field | state honors ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1953-05-05 ⓘ |
| follows |
Order of the Banner of Labor
ⓘ
linked to:
Order of the Banner of Work
|
| hasCentralMedallion | round medallion with Karl Marx portrait ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Karl Marx ⓘ |
| hasRank | highest order of the GDR ⓘ |
| hasShape | five-pointed star ⓘ |
| highestAwardIn |
German Democratic Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
East Germany
|
| ideology | socialism ⓘ |
| inception | 1953-05-05 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | German ⓘ |
| lastAwarded | 1990 ⓘ |
| locatedInJurisdiction | East Germany ⓘ |
| material |
gold
ⓘ
silver ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Karl Marx ⓘ |
| officialNameInGerman | Karl-Marx-Orden ⓘ |
| politicalContext | socialist state decorations of Eastern Bloc ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
Council of State of the German Democratic Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Council of State of the GDR
|
| relatedTo |
Hero of the German Democratic Republic
ⓘ
Order of Lenin ⓘ |
| ribbonColor | dark red ⓘ |
| ribbonFeature | gold stripes ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| typicalMonetaryPrize | 20,000 East German marks ⓘ |
| usedIn |
civil awards
ⓘ
military awards ⓘ |
| wornOn | left side of the chest ⓘ |
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