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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1658025, member: 39&quot;]Please note that the depicted creature is not Grimmelshausen but a scene from his most famous book. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> A few years before he died, he wrote <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplicius_Simplicissimus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplicius_Simplicissimus" rel="nofollow">Simplicissimus</a>; the edge inscription* <i>Der Abentheurliche Simplicissimus</i> also refers to that.</p><p><br /></p><p>* Every silver coin (plus quite a few other pieces) from the Federal Republic of Germany has an edge inscription, and with commemorative and collector coins that usually refers to the occasion or person honored by the coin. In the case of the Albert Schweitzer coin, for example, it says <i>Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben</i> (Reverence for Life) which may be considered Schweitzer&#039;s motto ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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