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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 441720, member: 39&quot;]Right, the medals may well have been inspired by the Ring of the Nibelung and other Wagner works. Those sagas, stories and characters have sure been around long before, but he certainly made them popular. Wolfram von Eschenbach wrote &quot;Parzival&quot; (see the spelling on the medal you showed) in the 12-13c, Wagner wrote &quot;Parsifal&quot; in the 19c, and his music also made people aware of Wolfram&#039;s works again.</p><p><br /></p><p>MDM is short for Münzhandelsgesellschaft Deutsche Münze. It is not a mint but the world&#039;s biggest coin dealer/distributor according to MDM&#039;s website <a href="http://www.mdm.de/shop/action/magazine/2000/Ueber-uns.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mdm.de/shop/action/magazine/2000/Ueber-uns.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mdm.de/shop/action/magazine/2000/Ueber-uns.html</a> (in German). And part of their business is designing and selling medals ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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