The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

GERMANY, Rein-Nickel, 1936, a nickel medal by A. Vocke for the Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke AG, kneeling male miner, hands clasped on an axe, surrounded by seven bearded dwarves, rev. map of the Eastern hemisphere, edge impressed preuss. staatsmünze 1936 ni. 99,5% [Berlin mint], 56mm, 74.74g (cf. Teutoburger 134, 2002; cf. WAG 67, 3607). Extremely fine £40-£50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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bt A.C. Eimer, August 2013

Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke AG (VDM), created in 1930, removed to Frankfurt in 1934 and by the outbreak of World War II employed 21,000 people. The medal names Basse & Selve, the Altena-based manufacturer of engines for cars, motorcycles, boats and aeroplanes which, though founded in 1908, had closed in 1932, four years before this medal was issued; VDM took over their site in Altena and ran it as one of their eight factories.