Allan Border Field Allan Border Field Allan Border Field is a cricket ground in the Brisbane suburb of Albion in Queensland. The Australian Cricket Academy has been based at the oval since 2004 using it as a base for the development of elite cricketers throughout Australia. It was formerly known as "Neumann Oval" and was home to the Fortitude Valley Diehards rugby league team from 1909 until 1995. The oval was named for Fred "Firpo" Neumann, Valley's club captain (and later president) and Queensland and Australian representative footballer. Queensland Cricket purchased the ground not long after Valley's relocation and named it in honour
Medal for Exemplary Border Service stripes spaced 1.5 mm from each edge of the ribbon. Berlin sculptor Fritz Schulz also designed this medal. In 1976 the head of the GDR Border Guard () proposed to create a new style of medal since the design on the obverse showed an out of date border policeman with an obsolete machine gun. He suggested that the revised medal be presented on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Border Troops of the GDR. The graphic artist Hans Räde proposed four different designs. Minister of National Defense, Army General Hoffmann, rejected all of these proposals. He felt the