Germany, Weimar Republic. A Rhineland Occupation Propaganda Medal, by Hans Wittig and L. Christian Lauer Auction 123 mm x 158 mm

123 mm x 158 mm x 24

A Pour-le-Merite Recipient U9 Otto Weddigen Commemorative Ribbon - White silk ribbon screen-printed in black ink

and then led the 1st SS Panzer Corps at the Eastern Front

The scabbard is constructed of black painted steel (magnetic) depicting light wear and loss of finish

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Rhineland Occupation Propaganda Medal, by Hans Wittig and L. Christian Lauer Auction 123 mm x 158 mm(Medaille). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of an Allied soldier humiliating a German civilian, circumscribed by an inscription of SCHWARZE SCHMACH UND KULTURSCHANDE AM RHEIN (BLACK SHAME AND CULTURAL SHAME ON THE RHINE), the reverse bearing a central depiction of a broken sword topped by an inscription of DEUTSCHER NOT UND SCHMACH TALER (GERMAN DISTRESS AND DISGRACE TALER), the obverse engraver marked WITTIG,