Starvation Medal February 1923

Location Germany (1871-1948)
Year 1923
Type Commemorative medal
Composition Bronze
Weight 23 g
Diameter 38 mm
Thickness 2.8 mm
Shape Round
Technique
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge Smooth 5 different medals where made of this type shiwing different date on the reverse side. February, July, August, Oktober, November.
Period Weimar Republic (1918-1933)
Notice
Reference(s) AFA#181
Obverse description Kneeling man to the right covering his face with his hands and kneeling woman to the left, wringing his raised hands, skull below.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering HÖRNLEIN
Reverse description Obelisk surrounded by thorns with the Saxon state coat of arms, left and right prices during the inflation after the First World War.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering 1923 IM FEBR. KOSTETE 1 PF. MEHL 1000 MK 1 PF. FLEISCH 4000 MK 4 PF. BROT = 700 MK 1 GL. BIER = 600 MK F H SACHSEN DENKMAL
(Translation: 1923 In February cost 1 pound flour 1000 Marks 1 pound meet 4000 Marks 4 pounds bread = 700 Marks 1 glass of beer = 600 Marks F H (for Friedrich Wilhelm Hörnlein) Saxonia monument)
Mintage
Numisquare ID 6543840680
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