Germany, DDR. A Rare National Prize in Gold, Type 2, with Case and Ribbon Bar GTRexclude a blue leathered exterior marked

a blue leathered exterior marked UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

makers mark denoting Ramsden & Roed (active 1929-1976)

One group photograph of members of Freikorps Freiwillige 12

and prepare reinforcements

Germany, DDR. A Rare National Prize in Gold, Type 2, with Case and Ribbon Bar GTRexclude a blue leathered exterior marked(Nationalpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik in Gold mit Bandschnalle und Etui). Instituted 31 March 1949. (1973 1989 issue). Constructed of 12K Gold, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a rightward facing profile of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, circumscribed by an inscription of DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of NATIONAL PREIS (NATIONAL