Havent had a lot of time to take pics of some of the stuff I am buying but thought I would share this. German Hyper Inflation / Suffering Medal. A very bleak scene of a desolate man, woman and child. On the other side is the cost of certain items on that date. It is not notgeld but they go somewhat hand and hand I would think The Suffering of the German People On 1 November, 1923 cost 1 pound bread 3 billion 1 pound beef 36 billion 1 glass of beer 4 billion
Nice medal. And very interesting. What an outrage that a glass of beer cost 1/3 more than a pound of bread. Afterall, beer is nothing more than liquid bread.
I just recently bought it from a buyer/seller who got it in a lot of coins. I have seen one pop up here and there, made an offer. I wouldnt mind finding out more about it....like the MM below the figures.
There are several medals in that style; usually such pieces are called Teuerungsmedaille, Inflationsmedaille or, when referring specifically to starvation, Hunger(snot)medaille. Don't know what MM means but in the series that yours is from there are two more, by the way. Your medal has the Nov 1 prices; this is the Nov 15 piece (note that bread is now more expensive than beer) ... http://www.dhm.de/lemo/objekte/pict/n1001190/ ... and here is the Dec 1 piece. No beer here, but the style is about the same: http://www.ma-shops.de/coinsandnotes/pic/77.jpg Similar medals show a couple only (no child), and on the other side (next to the prices) a memorial with the CoA of Saxony. Some of them were made by Hezinger, a company in Crimmitschau which produced all kinds of commemorative and advertising medals, but those have the company and place name instead of the initials ... Christian
A wonderful piece of social history, and quite a intense design on it as well, very simple but striking. :bow:
