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