GERMANY | ||
Weimar Republic (1919-1933) | ||
| #554 | 1921 Meissen Porcelain medal on Re-establishment of Bishopric of Meissen in 1921. It was originally established in 967, but dissolved by protestants in 1539. Obv. Depicts patron saint of Meissen, Benno and the legend reads Pray for us, holly Benno. 50 mm brown with gilded trimmings and center designs. UNC
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$95.00 |
East Germany (1946-1990) | ||
| #555 | 1961 Pair of AR medals in original box of issue, commemorating Berlin as Capital f GDR, both have Brandenburg Gate on obverse, but under different angles and both have the same reverse. One medal, of 75.6 gram has Berlin- Capital of GDR on the cartouche over the Brandenburg Gate and the Coat of Arms of GDR with “For the Protection of Workers and Peasants” legend around it. The other, 79.6 gram has the same reverse, but on obverse the legend 13 August 1961 Berlin is Capital of German Democratic Republic. The box has a 105 mm x 145 mm lithograph signed by artist in pencil glued to it and the small plaque with “City Commandant of People’s Army for Capital of GDR, Berlin” below medals. Seem to be a very important and rare issue, both UNC
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$450.00/pair |
| #556 | 1973 Meissen Porcelain medal in original box of issue, commemorating admission of GDR to United Nations. An Emblem of UN on obv. and legend: aufnachme der deutschen demokratischen republik die organisation der vereinten nationen september 1973 around it. Coat of arms of GDR on rx. White, 80 mm in diameter, NEW
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$150.00 |
| #557 | ND (1978) Meissen Porcelain plaque in original box of issue with portrait of Ernst Thaelmann, commemorating 60th Anniversary of German Communist Party with legend: Ueberreicht vom Zentralkomitee der Sozialistischen Einbeitspartei Deutschlands aus Anlass der 60 jaehrigen Zugeboerigkeit zur Partei der Arbeiterklasse (Presented by Central Committee of the Socialist Party of Germany on the Occasion of 60th Anniversary of Party of Working Class). Very important items issued on order of the highest authority of GDR. Very Rare!!! 130 mm x 108 mm, NEW
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$500.00 |
| #558 | ND Meissen Porcelain Medal with Portrait of Dzierzynski on obv., and Coat of Arms of GDR with For the Protection of Workers and Peasants legend around it. 67 mm in diameter, It is believed that this medal was made as a small award for officers of German Secret Police, Stasi, NEW
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$60.00 |
| #559 | ND Meissen Porcelain plaque of Ilse Stroebe (1911-1942), a Soviet spy during WWII in original box of issue. She was caught and guillotined in 1942. Ilse Stroebe is the only woman commemorated by Stasi on a porcelain medal. Obv.: her portrait, name and dates of life. Rx.: Ministerium Fuer Staatssicherheit (For Ministry of State Security) around and Klug Standhaft und Treu fuer den Schutz des Sozialismus (Wise Steadfast and Loyal to Socialism) in 4 lines in the center. Very important and very rare award item produces by the specific order of East German Security Force (Stasi), White, 165 mm in diameter, NEW
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$500.00 |
| #560 | ND Meissen Porcelain plaque of Dr Arvid Harnack (1901-1942), a Soviet spy during WWII in original box of issue. He was caught and executed in 1942. Obv.: his portrait, name and dates of life. Rx.: Ministerium Fuer Staatssicherheit (For Ministry of State Security) around and Klug Standhaft und Treu fuer den Schutz des Sozialismus (Wise Steadfast and Loyal to Socialism) in 4 lines in the center. Very important and very rare award item produces by the specific order of East German Security Force (Stasi), White, 162 mm in diameter, NEW
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$500.00 |
| #561 | ND Meissen Porcelain plaque of Dr. Richard Sorge (1895-1944), a Soviet spy during WWII in original box of issue. He was caught in Japan, confessed under torture of spying for USSR, but Soviet Union had denied association. Despite triple offer of Japan to trade Sorge for one of their own spies in Soviet custody, USSR had declined it. He was executed and berried in Japan in 1944. Obv.: his portrait, name and dates of life. Rx.: Ministerium Fuer Staatssicherheit (For Ministry of State Security) around and Klug Standhaft und Heisses Herz Kuehler Kopf Saubere Haende (Hot heart, cooler head, clean hands) in 3 lines in the center. Very important and very rare award item produces by the specific order of East German Security Force (Stasi), White, 162 mm in diameter, NEW
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$500.00 |
| #562 | ND Uniface AR plaque depicting Monument for Victims who died in Concentration Camps during WWII in original box of issue. 137 gram, 60 mm x 90 mm. UNC
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$150.00 |
