Awards

1958

Prize in the international copmpetition of the Zentralverband für das Juwelier-, Gold- und Silberschmiedehandwerk

1959

Bavarian State Prize, Munich – Gold Medal

1960

1st Prize in the international competition ‚The Silver Candlestick‘

1965

State Prize in the category of Jewellery made of Metals in the Arts and Crafts of North-Rhine Westphalia

1969

2nd prize in the third international competition ‚The Gold Bracelet‘, Pforzheim

1970

1st prize in the competition for the new symbol of the ‚Priz Jeunesse International‘ prize

1971

Associate Member of the ‚Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths‘ in London. Winner of the ‚Fountain‘ competition in Bottrop

1972

Honorary ring of the of the Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst, Hamburg (today Hanau)

1973

Federal Service Cross (1st Class) of the Federal Republic of Germany

1978

Exhibition ‘The Pearl and its new World’, Mikimoto, Tokyo

1982

Rosenthal Studio prize

1987

Deutscher Schmuck- und Edelsteinpreis (German Prize for Jewellery and Gemstones), Idar Oberstein

1990

Appointed Honorary Member of the „Forum für Schmuck und Design“, Cologne

1997

Friedrich Becker died prior to receiving his Honorary Doctorate of the Royal College of Art, London