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