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Souvenir coin with a swastika and Star of David

Object | Accession Number: 2017.210.1
2017.210.1 front Souvenir coin with a swastika and Star of David Click to enlarge 2017.210.1 back Souvenir coin with a swastika and Star of David Click to enlarge

Promotional coin issued by the nationalist German newspaper, Der Angriff. The coin was struck in 1934 to memorialize the journey of Baron von Mildenstein, a Nazi party member, to Palestine. The trip resulted in a pro-Zionist report encouraging Jewish emigration to Palestine and elsewhere, published in Der Angriff. It is embossed with the text, Ein Nazi fahrt nach Palastina, [A Nazi goes to Palestine] which is also the title of a book published by the Nazi Party in 1934.

Date
commemoration:  1934
Geography
manufacture: Nuremberg (Germany)
Language
German
Classification
Exchange Media
Category
Money
Object Type
Commemorative coins (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ira Rezak

About This Object

Physical Description
Circular, bronze colored metal coin with a smooth edge and an embossed design on the front of a Star of David encircled by German text, with a raised rim. The back features an embossed swastika with 3 lines of German text below within a circle with a raised border next to the raised rim. The printer's name is embossed in small print along the lower edge.
Dimensions
overall: | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
Materials
overall : metal
Markings
front, around edge, below border, embossed : ∙ EIN NAZI FÄHRT NACH PALÄSTINA [A Nazi Travels to Palestine]
back, center, embossed : UND ERZÄHLT / DAVON IM / Angriff [And tells about it in Angriff]
back, bottom center, embossed : L. CHR LAUER NUERNBURG
Contributor
Issuer: Der Angriff

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The commemorative coin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Ira Rezik.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use

 
Record last modified: 2022-09-08 09:32:32
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