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    Hello, gents,

    does anybody knows, what´s this? Kind of souvenier or what?
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    Commemorative German coin/'medal' to honour the soldiers of the different branches of service in the two world wars.

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    It's an interesting piece, I've never seen one like this before. Does anyone know what the '1000' means?

    Looking for LDO marked EK2s and items relating to U-406.....

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    It's an interesting piece, I've never seen one like this before. Does anyone know what the '1000' means?
    The 'Thousand Year Reich'



    "At the risk of appearing to talk nonsense I tell you that the National Socialist movement will go on for 1,000 years! ... — Adolf Hitler to a British correspondent in Berlin, June 1934





    Nick
    "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem

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    The quality of silver is (in Europe) given in thousandths. Therefore 1000 could mean pure silver. Sterling silver is actually an alloy. I think it's "925" and so has 7.5% of base metal added to harden it.

    Of course, the 1000 could be a coded reference to the Thousand Year Reich, or something entirely different.

    Cheers,

    Pat

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    I thought about the silver mark but would a medal like this be made of pure silver?

    The Thousand Year Reich is a possibility but wouldn't it be a little more prominent? This is a commemorative medal for the armed forces, why stick a small '1000' in there?

    Just speculating of course and searching for some answers!

    Looking for LDO marked EK2s and items relating to U-406.....

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    Quote by Patgore View Post
    The quality of silver is (in Europe) given in thousandths. Therefore 1000 could mean pure silver. Sterling silver is actually an alloy. I think it's "925" and so has 7.5% of base metal added to harden it...
    Seller is calling this medal as SILBER A-1000 PUNZE - whatever it means but it seems to be related to this small number 1000 on the avers? May be Patgore can comment?

    But I´ve decided that I like this medal and I´ll try to buy it

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    'Punze' refers to a stamp or stamping tool.

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    No reason why pure silver (versus 92.5% sterling) shouldn't be used for a (customer-pay) commemorative medal. Price would be slightly higher, but slightly softer metal shouldn't be a problem.

    Maybe someone with better German than mine could say whether Punze is the term usually used for the mark indicating quality of silver.

    P.

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