Actually its made of "silvered feinzink" which is almost pure zinc.... and I'm not sure yet what the inscription on the back is.
Actually its made of "silvered feinzink" which is almost pure zinc.... and I'm not sure yet what the inscription on the back is.
Hopefully, I can provide a little more info.
Rob's translation of the text on the reverse is correct. The text on the circular surround on the obverse means:
"3rd Reichsnährstand-Exhibition
Frankfurt a.M. [= am Main] 1936"
This is an Honor Commemorative medal [Ehrendenkmünze] for participants in said exhibition. They also exist for the RNS' other national exhibitions:
1st exhibition = 1934 at Erfurt
2nd exhibition = 1935 at Hamburg
3rd exhibition = 1936 at Frankfurt
4th exhibition = 1937 at Munich
5th exhibition = 1939 at Leipzig
Normally, the reverse bears the category in which the exhibitor participated, written in big horizontal letters in the middle of the wreath. (typical examples being "gesalzene Butter" [= "salted butter"], "Käse" [= cheese], "Tabak" [= tobacco] etc.) and has no inscription at all outside the wreath where this one has the company name.
[The above data is as per Niemann's price guide # 2.]
I am pretty sure that the Lanico / Niemsch company had nothing to with the manfuacturing of this medal.
I would tend to think that this is some kind of special or honorary award to them. Maybe they were in some way involved in sponsoring or otherwise supporting the exhibition; maybe it had simply to do with achievements in the field of canning the foods producecd by the Reichsnährstand's members?
By the way, they are still in business. See: Lanico Braunschweig
Excellent information as usual Andreas, thank you for providing it.
Looking for LDO marked EK2s and items relating to U-406.....
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