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Lot of 3 German AR, ZN and Tin Medals from the collection of the late Eduard Winkler.
1. Germany, Hamm ZN Medal. Commemorating the inauguration of the Nagelgraf statue. 1916. Statue of Count Adolf I von der Mark to left, GRAF VON DER MARK in left field, IN EISEN HAMM. W. 1916 in right field / Blank. 9.55g, 30mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine; stained.
During WWI there was a patriotic custom throughout the Austro-Hungarian and German Empires to raise money to support the troops.
This coin commemorates the Nagelgraf (nail count), an oak statue designed by the sculptor Leopold Fleischhacker which was erected in the market square of Hamm in 1916. It is representative of a wide-spread patriotic custom in the Austro-Hungarian and German Empires of 'war nailing' in which large objects would be erected in public spaces for the population to drive nails into in exchange for donations for the armed forces. The city of Hamm decided that their object would be a statue of Count Adolf I von der Mark who founded the city in 1226.
2. Germany, Lübeck. Religious Tin Medal. 1865. 2ts. NIEDERSÄCHS. GAUTURNF., IN LUBECK in two lines above date, ⧾ below / Cross of Salem, GUT HEIL below; all within open oak wreath. 15.00g, 32mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine; suspension loop removed from edge at 12 o'clock. Rare.
3. Germany, Satirical AR Conduct Medal. By Loos, circa 1800. Fortuna standing facing slightly to left, holding bunch of flowers and cornucopiae; tree stump and cartwheel to right, LOOS in small lettering on exergual line / DER WUNSCH FUR DICH IST GLÜCK UND FREUDE; DER WUNSCH FUR MICH: VERGISS MEIN NICHT! in nine lines across field; ornate floral border around. Sommer B20. 13.20g, 36mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Scarce.
Lot sold as seen - no returns.
All from the collection of the late Eduard Winkler.
1. Germany, Hamm ZN Medal. Commemorating the inauguration of the Nagelgraf statue. 1916. Statue of Count Adolf I von der Mark to left, GRAF VON DER MARK in left field, IN EISEN HAMM. W. 1916 in right field / Blank. 9.55g, 30mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine; stained.
During WWI there was a patriotic custom throughout the Austro-Hungarian and German Empires to raise money to support the troops.
This coin commemorates the Nagelgraf (nail count), an oak statue designed by the sculptor Leopold Fleischhacker which was erected in the market square of Hamm in 1916. It is representative of a wide-spread patriotic custom in the Austro-Hungarian and German Empires of 'war nailing' in which large objects would be erected in public spaces for the population to drive nails into in exchange for donations for the armed forces. The city of Hamm decided that their object would be a statue of Count Adolf I von der Mark who founded the city in 1226.
2. Germany, Lübeck. Religious Tin Medal. 1865. 2ts. NIEDERSÄCHS. GAUTURNF., IN LUBECK in two lines above date, ⧾ below / Cross of Salem, GUT HEIL below; all within open oak wreath. 15.00g, 32mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine; suspension loop removed from edge at 12 o'clock. Rare.
3. Germany, Satirical AR Conduct Medal. By Loos, circa 1800. Fortuna standing facing slightly to left, holding bunch of flowers and cornucopiae; tree stump and cartwheel to right, LOOS in small lettering on exergual line / DER WUNSCH FUR DICH IST GLÜCK UND FREUDE; DER WUNSCH FUR MICH: VERGISS MEIN NICHT! in nine lines across field; ornate floral border around. Sommer B20. 13.20g, 36mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Scarce.
Lot sold as seen - no returns.
All from the collection of the late Eduard Winkler.