A CASED GERMAN NATIONAL POLICE CHAMPIONSHIP COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1928–1930
The lot comprises a large gilt bronze commemorative medal housed in its original fitted presentation case. The obverse depicts an eagle standing before a radiant rising sun above the inscription "Deutsche Polizei Meisterschaften 1928–30" (German Police Championships 1928–1930).
The reverse features an oak branch and the inscription "Ehrenpreis des Reichsministers des Innern" (Honorary Prize of the Reich Minister of the Interior). Signed on the reverse by the Berlin medallist Voigt and bearing an engraved edge inscription reading "Hack, Berlin, Friedenau." The medal was issued in connection with the national police sporting championships held during the late Weimar Republic period.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- gilt bronze
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- D: 3 1/2 in., (9 cm.)
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 205135220
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.