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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 576886, member: 39&quot;]There are several medals in that style; usually such pieces are called Teuerungsmedaille, Inflationsmedaille or, when referring specifically to starvation, Hunger(snot)medaille.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;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) ...</p><p><a href="http://www.dhm.de/lemo/objekte/pict/n1001190/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dhm.de/lemo/objekte/pict/n1001190/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dhm.de/lemo/objekte/pict/n1001190/</a></p><p>... and here is the Dec 1 piece. No beer here, but the style is about the same:</p><p><a href="http://www.ma-shops.de/coinsandnotes/pic/77.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ma-shops.de/coinsandnotes/pic/77.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.ma-shops.de/coinsandnotes/pic/77.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>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 ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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