Auction Catalogue

3 April 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals and Banknotes

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 612

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3 April 1998

Hammer Price:
£60

Germany, Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg, 1914, a uniface bronze plaque by L.C. Lauer, 68 x 45mm (BDM VIII, 537); same subject, 1915, uniface bronze plaque by F. Stiasny, 65 x 49mm (BDM VIII, 223); together with other uniface bronze plaques of Hindenburg (2), 1914, unsigned, 68 x 49mm, and 1918 by Mayer & Wilhelm, 49 x 39mm; and an undated medal of him by Mayer & Wilhelm, 54mm (BDM VIII, 40) [5]. Very fine (£30-40)

Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934), C-in-C of the German armies in World War I, became president of the Weimar Republic in 1925