ORIGINAL PRE-WW2 GERMANY " LIBERATION OF THE RHINELAND " JUL 1930 BRONZE PLAQUE for Sale

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ORIGINAL PRE-WW2 GERMANY " LIBERATION OF THE RHINELAND " JUL 1930 BRONZE PLAQUE For Sale

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ORIGINAL PRE-WW2 GERMANY " LIBERATION OF THE RHINELAND " JUL 1930 BRONZE PLAQUE:
$175.00

ORIGINAL! RARE! PRE-WW2 GERMANY " LIBERATION OF THE RHINELAND " JUL 1930 BRONZE PLAQUE

PRE-WW2 GERMANY " LIBERATION OF THE RHINELAND " JUL 1930 BRONZE PLAQUE.

After WW1 under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the Rhine Province was occupied by Allied forces from 1918 to 1930. In November 1929 the area was finally cleared and thousands gathered at the Deutsches Eck on the Moselle and Rhine river confluence with President Paul von Hindenburg to celebrate the “Liberation of the Rhineland" on 22 July 1930 with a festive banquet and a firework display.

OBVERSE:

HAND COMING UP FROM THE GROUND IN THE RHINELAND HOLDING A TORN CHAIN BREAKING THE BONDS OF THE OCCUPATION ON THE ALLIES OCCUPATION FROM 1918 to 1930 WITH THE GERMAN GRAF ZEPPELIN FLYING OVER.

FRAMED WITH THE WORDS:

DEUTSCHES LAND AM RHEIN DURCH TRUTZ U.TREU VON LEID U.SCHMACH BEFREIT SOMMER 1930

GERMAN COUNTRY ON THE RHINE - THROUGH TRUTH and FAITHFULNESS FREED FROM SUFFERING SHAME! - SUMMER 1930

REVERSE:

BLANK

EXTREMELY FINE WITH A NICE PATINA AND LIGHT HANDLINGFROM ITS 93 + YEARS.

MATERIAL: BRONZE

WEIGHT: .167 lbs.

DIMENSIONS:3 9/16" x 2 3/8"

THICKNESS :1/8"

PERIOD PLAQUE MOUNTING HOLE ON THE UPPER RIGHT AND LOWER LEFT CORNERS

(please see pictures)