1975-85 AD., Germany, German Democratic Republic, Berlin - capital of DDR series, Neue Wache memorial medal.
Germany, German Democratic Republic, Berlin - capital of German Democratic Republic series, VEB Münze der DDR, Berlin, ca. 1975-85 AD.,
Medal (32 mm / 15,50 g), nickel (?, magnetic), plain edge, axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°),
Obv.: BERLIN Hauptstadt der DDR , 1935 Berlin coat of arms (by Sigmund von Weech, designed 1934, used for eastern Berlin til 1990), rampant bear left on shield, mural crown tower above.
Rev.: MAHNMAL / UNTER DEN LINDEN , view of the Neue Wache memorial at Berlin, a guardhouse for the troops of the crown prince of Prussia.
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from a set of 18 different types showing monuments of east Berlin.
The Neue Wache (English: New Guardhouse) is a building in Berlin, the capital of Germany. It serves as the "Central Memorial of the Federal Republic of Germany for the Victims of War and Dictatorship". It is located on the north side of the Unter den Linden boulevard in the central Mitte district. Dating from 1816, the Neue Wache was designed by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and is a leading example of German Greek Revival architecture. Originally built as a guardhouse for the troops of the crown prince of Prussia, the building has been used as a war memorial since 1931. After the second world war, the Mitte district was located within the Soviet sector of Allied-occupied Berlin, and from 1949 was part of East Berlin, capital of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). From 1957 the Communist authorities had the Neue Wache rebuilt and reopened in 1960 as a "Memorial to the Victims of Fascism and Militarism". Two soldiers of the Friedrich Engels Guard Regiment served as permanent honor guards, a Guard Mounting ceremony was held every Wednesday and Saturday, becoming a major tourist attraction.
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