Medaille Gold gab Ich zur wehr eisen nahm Ich zur ehr rare The clock runs perfectly

The clock runs perfectly

the leather tongue is marked Schreiber & Co Gera and dated 1918

published by Dennert & Pape in 1944

1945 in Berlin of pneumonia

the handle is mounted at an angle to the lid (no repair)

Medaille Gold gab Ich zur wehr eisen nahm Ich zur ehr rare The clock runs perfectlyMedal from the German fundraising campaign Gold gab Ich fr Eisen 1916. To finance the war, citizens were asked to donate their gold jewelry and money. In return, they received symbolic iron jewelry. From 1916, a medal was issued with the inscription: In Eiserner Zeit Gold gab ich zur Wehr Eisen nahm ich zur Ehr. The medal was designed by Hermann Hosaeus, a German sculptor who created several other patriotic sculptures. In this case, the medal is