Germany, Imperial. A 1917 Baden Patriotic Medallion, By Paul Peter Pfeiffer Hold For all intents and purposes

For all intents and purposes

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Stalingrad and Kursk

she broke many records in her first years of operation

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Germany, Imperial. A 1917 Baden Patriotic Medallion, By Paul Peter Pfeiffer Hold For all intents and purposes(Patriotischer Medaille). Constructed of iron, the obverse with a central raised Heer soldier in profile, circumscribed by an inscription of WIR GABEN DAS LEBEN, SORGT FR UNSERE LIEBEN (WE GAVE OUR LIVES FOR OUR LOVED ONES), the reverse with an inscription of BADISCHER HEIMATDANK (BADEN HOMELAND GRATITUDE), the reverse with a makers mark of P. P. PFEIFFER flanked by a date of 1917, measuring 41. 18 mm in diameter, weighing 23. 9 grams, in extremely