Six Anti-Semitic Medals - Germany and England,
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Six anti-Semitic medals. [Germany and England], ca.1920s-30s.
1. Anti-Semitic medal. [England? Ca.1939?]. Obverse: A Jewish man, shaking the hand of a soldier headed to the battlefield, and the legend "Now". Reverse: A Jewish man throwing a coin to a beggar - an amputee soldier, and the legend "Later On". Diameter: 44 mm. A loop for hanging.
2. Anti-Semitic medal. [England? Ca.1939?]. Obverse: A Jew pushing a soldier to a battle field, and the legend "Soldier During the War". Reverse: A Jew with a Star of David on his chest stepping on a soldier lying on the ground, and the legend: "On the Dole After the War". Diameter: 45 mm.
3-5. Three identical medals (two made of aluminum and one made of bronze). [Germany], 1923. Struck by Fritz Hörnlein. Obverse: A fat Jew, naked, sitting on bushel of corn with the German legend "ob Jud ob Christ ein schuft der wucherer ist" ["Whether Jew, whether Christian, a scoundrel - a userer he is"]. Marked: F.H. 1923. Reverse: German legend: "in Bösen zeiten ist ohn zweifel ein mensch oft des andern teufel" [in times of evil, undoubtedly, man turns often into a devil]. Diameter: 37 mm.
6. Anti-Semitic medal. Germany, 1939. Obverse: portrait of a German soldier, with workers below. On both sides the year 1939 and the Reich's Eagle of Nazi Germany. Encircled by the German legend: "grossdeutschland kämpft für den frieden gegen den schandvertrag von Versailles" [Germany fights for peace, against…the Versailles treaty]. Reverse: caricature of a Jew, on his clothes a Star of David. Behind him fire and below - arms, a bag of money and the legend "wofür kämpfen unsere feinde " [what for do our enemies fight]. Diameter: 40 mm.
1. Anti-Semitic medal. [England? Ca.1939?]. Obverse: A Jewish man, shaking the hand of a soldier headed to the battlefield, and the legend "Now". Reverse: A Jewish man throwing a coin to a beggar - an amputee soldier, and the legend "Later On". Diameter: 44 mm. A loop for hanging.
2. Anti-Semitic medal. [England? Ca.1939?]. Obverse: A Jew pushing a soldier to a battle field, and the legend "Soldier During the War". Reverse: A Jew with a Star of David on his chest stepping on a soldier lying on the ground, and the legend: "On the Dole After the War". Diameter: 45 mm.
3-5. Three identical medals (two made of aluminum and one made of bronze). [Germany], 1923. Struck by Fritz Hörnlein. Obverse: A fat Jew, naked, sitting on bushel of corn with the German legend "ob Jud ob Christ ein schuft der wucherer ist" ["Whether Jew, whether Christian, a scoundrel - a userer he is"]. Marked: F.H. 1923. Reverse: German legend: "in Bösen zeiten ist ohn zweifel ein mensch oft des andern teufel" [in times of evil, undoubtedly, man turns often into a devil]. Diameter: 37 mm.
6. Anti-Semitic medal. Germany, 1939. Obverse: portrait of a German soldier, with workers below. On both sides the year 1939 and the Reich's Eagle of Nazi Germany. Encircled by the German legend: "grossdeutschland kämpft für den frieden gegen den schandvertrag von Versailles" [Germany fights for peace, against…the Versailles treaty]. Reverse: caricature of a Jew, on his clothes a Star of David. Behind him fire and below - arms, a bag of money and the legend "wofür kämpfen unsere feinde " [what for do our enemies fight]. Diameter: 40 mm.
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