Hey my dad had this german (?) medallion which I found when tidying

>>2601479

It might have been a Boy Scout medal, guessing by the hand with two up raised fingers?

>>2601479
I'm having trouble reading it, but it says something about "men being our sons, and grandchildren" on the interior line. If you can get a better picture/transcribe the outer line I'd be happy to translate if the thread is still up when I'm back from work

>>2601479
1923 Weimar Republic against the Ruhr ocuppation. It reads "DEUTSCH WAREN UNSERE VÄTER DEUTSCH SIND WIR UND DEUTSCHE MÄNNER WERDEN UNSERE SÖHNE UND ENKEL SEIN"

>>2603290

So its just generally a coin (or something) protesting the French occupation of the Ruhr? any idea why it has 18th Jan 1923 on it. I dont recall anything on that date and wikipedia only has this

>The French issued a proclamation banning public singing of German patriotic songs, displaying flags and emblems of old German colours, or displaying antisemitic tags in the Ruhr.

>>2603298
18th January 1871 was the day of the proclamation of the German Empire, so a patriotic date, and the French occupied the Ruhr in January 1923.

>>2601479
It means he had his butthole fingered by the hobo looking guy and was proud of it

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>>2603306

Yeah that never crossed my mind. I managed to find a copy though

https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=1066&lot=855

>GERMANY. Weimar Republic. On the resistance against the occupation of the Ruhr. Ae Medal (1923).

But i cant find what exactly it was awarded for. I dont know if it was given to the Reichswehr for some reason or to German civilians for 'passive resistance' against the Occupation

>>2603298
P.S. the German name for this coin or medal is Schmachtaler, the Shows Wodan or a generic Germanic warrior, the crest on the other side show the weapons of Westphalia (Ruhr) Rheinland and the Pfalz (Saarland) the provinces affected by French occupation . The hand is the "Schwurhand" the gesture you make when swearing an oath.

>>2603327
A Schmachtaler or Not und Schmachtaler is a coin commemorating the French occupation of Germany during the Weimar Republic. Afaik they where neither state made nor issued, but rather private made and commercially sold patriotic trinkets.