1923 AD., Germany, Weimar Republic, Savings Bank of Bielefeld (Westfalen), post war propaganda medal, "1 Not-Goldmark", Funck 633.1.
Germany, Weimar Republic, Savings Bank of Bielefeld (Westfalen), post war propaganda medal, 1923 AD.,
"1 Not-Goldmark" (ø 31,8 mm / 13,56 g), gilt bronze, 13,79 g. mint weight, mintage ? , axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge,
Obv.: Michel unbesiegt aber betrogen / 1 / Not / Goldmark // Wilson / 14 Punkte /Waffen- / still- / stand / 1918 (on a shield to r.) // Germanen liebet Deutschland mit Andacht Reinheit Kraft (in Goldmark letters), a bust resembling Otto von Bismarck as 'Michel', facing right and wearing a sleeping cap inside the "1" value number.
Rev.: Einig und gleich ein Volk ein Reich / Ruhr/hilfe Stadt Bielefeld 11.8./1923 // Sirach 23 Vers 7 / POINCARÉ // Schmied / von Bielefeld / Sirach / 30 Vers 12 / MIN IST ER / SE VE (ring) , a Blacksmith leaning on a large hammer and sitting right on signs (representing Minister Carl Wilhelm Severing, a politician during the empire and Weimar Republic), facing President Raymond Poincaré of France as left kneeling devil, referring to a local tale about a Blacksmith who makes a deal with the Devil. The scene illustrates a local tale about a blacksmith from Bielefeld co-opted for political satire and propaganda using the French President Raymond Poincaré as the Devil. Poincaré was one of the driving forces behind the French-Belgian occupation of the Ruhr area.
Funck 633.1 ; Menzel 2776.1 .
Year / Mintage / Details
1923 / ? / gilt bronze
1923 / ? / gilt brass
1923 / ? / silver
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