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