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    Non-military German Rose Medal


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    So this is one of those things that I've had for ages just waiting for identification. Every year or so I'll take it out and try to find something about it online, and this has been going on for about six years.

    Maybe someone here will know what it is and when it's from.

    On the reverse it says
    DIE
    ROSE HIER
    SEY SINNBILD
    MEINER LIEBE
    IHR HOCHSTER WERTH
    IST
    UNVERGÆNGLICHKEIT

    Google Translate changes that to

    THE
    ROSE HER
    SEY SYMBOL
    MY LOVE
    YOUR HIGHEST VALUE
    IS
    immortality

     

    No idea why "immortality" is changed to lower case.

     

    ...anyone?

     

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    Hi,

    during the 19th century especially it was a la mode for wealthy people in Germany  to have medals made to remember special occasions. wedding-anniverseries, special birthdys etc. Everybody invited to these functions then got one of these tokens. This could well be one of these, issued on the occasion of a wedding.

    GreyC

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