Editing Erich Honecker (section)

===National honours===
*{{flag|East Germany}}:
**[[File:Held der DDR.png|40x40px]] [[Hero of the German Democratic Republic]], twice (1982, 1987)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Klaus H.|last1=Feder|first2=Uta|last2=Feder|title= Auszeichnungen der Nationalen Volksarmee der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 1954-1990|publisher=Munz Galerie|date=1994|isbn=|language=de|pages=}}</ref>
**[[File:Held der Arbeit.png|40x40px]] [[Hero of Labour (GDR)|Hero of Labour]] (1962)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deutsche-gesellschaft-fuer-ordenskunde.de/DGOWP/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/HdA-1950-1989.pdf|title=Verleihungsliste zum Ehrentitel "Held der Arbeit" der DDR von 1950 bis 1989|newspaper=Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ordenskunde e.V.|first=Dirk|last=Hubrich|lang=de|date=June 2013|access-date=3 July 2023|archive-date=3 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403103820/http://www.deutsche-gesellschaft-fuer-ordenskunde.de/DGOWP/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/HdA-1950-1989.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[File:Ehrenspange.png|40x40px]] Honor clasp in Gold of the [[Patriotic Order of Merit]] (1955)
**	[[Order of Karl Marx]], five times (1969, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1985)<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=2158|title=Эрих Хонеккер|newspaper=warheroes.ru|access-date= 3 July 2023}}</ref>
**[[File:GDR Order of Banner of Labor (1954-1974) BAR.png|40x40px]] [[Banner of Labor|Order of the Banner of Labor]]<ref name=":2"/>