Germany, Nsdap. A 1936 Dortmund Westfalen-Süd Gautag Plaque Hold 1917 in Barriefield

1917 in Barriefield

Published by Hermann Klokow

circa late 1930’s period manufacture

Concession 6

The blade's ricasso is maker marked Carl Eickhorn Solingen

Germany, Nsdap. A 1936 Dortmund Westfalen-Süd Gautag Plaque Hold 1917 in Barriefield(Gautag Westfalen Sd Ehrenplakette). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a Dortmund skyline overlaid by a Roland figure clutching a sword, above an inscription of GAUTAG WESTFALEN SD, DORTMUND 19. 21. 1936, in turn above a mobile swastika flanked by oak leaves, the reverse with an inscription of EHRENPLAKETTE DER GAULEITUNG WESTFALEN SD 1936, ZUM ANDENKEN (HONOUR PLAQUE OF GAU REGION SOUTH WESTPHALIA 1936, IN COMMEMORATION), with a