Medal - Reminder of the inflation of 1923

Medal - Reminder of the inflation of 1923 - obverseMedal - Reminder of the inflation of 1923 - reverse

© Philip Coetzee

Features

Location Germany (1871-1948)
Period Weimar Republic (1918-1933)
Type Commemorative medals › Historical medal
Year 1925
Composition Aluminium
Weight 7 g
Diameter 37.9 mm
Thickness 2.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
93148

Commemorative issue

The hyper inflation of 1923

Obverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Die Arbeit ist der Fels auf dem die Kirche der Zukunft erbaut wird
1925

Translation: The work is the rock on which the church of the future is built

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Zur Erinnerung an Deutschlands schlimmste Zeit
Denk daran
1923
in Nov. kostete
1 Pfd. Fleisch 3200 Milld.
1 Pfd. Brot 840 Milliard
1 Ztr. Kartoff. 5000 Milld.
3 Millionen
Erwerblose

Translation:
As a reminder to Germany's worst times
Think about it
1923
in Nov. cost
1 pound meat 3200 Billion
1 pound bread 840 Billion
1 hundredweight potatoes 5000 Billion
3 million
Unemployed

Edge

Smooth

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1925 

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