Germany, Third Reich. A Kurhessen Kyffhäuser League Veterans’ Car Rally Commemorative Plaque, By Gebrüder Fest Auction Sergeant First Class Anderson valorously

Sergeant First Class Anderson valorously propped himself on the parapet and continued to direct howitzer fire upon the closing enemy and to encourage his men to fight on

The reverse displays a yellow Spanish cypher from Franco’s period

measuring 47 mm x 38 mm

set within hand-embroidered gold bullion wire laurel leaves

It was instituted in 1918

Germany, Third Reich. A Kurhessen Kyffhäuser League Veterans’ Car Rally Commemorative Plaque, By Gebrüder Fest Auction Sergeant First Class Anderson valorously(Erinnerungsplakette). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a central raised Kurhessen coat of arms, topped by a forested scene with a city skyline in the background, circumscribed by an inscription of KURHESSEN GRSST SEINE GSTE (KURHESSEN GREETS ITS GUESTS), with a presumed engravers mark of ES K for an unidentified individual or firm, the reverse maker marked GEBR. FEST, HANAU A M, measuring 60 mm (w) x 108 mm