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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Honolulu Dick, post: 885707, member: 24745&quot;]Danke sehr for he correction.&nbsp; The Reichadler it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is what is so refreshing about this website.&nbsp; The knowledge is &quot;out there&quot; and&nbsp; good folks are willing to share what they know.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It was my error in not recalling that as a result of the Treaty of Versailles, following the close of WW 1, that the new German Government became a Democratic Republic and, therefore, a Reichstag.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you pointed out, Hitler had no connection whatsoever with the coin.&nbsp; The reference to Hitler was merely a backhanded slap at Ludwig III for allowing the future &quot;der fuhrer&quot; [the leader] to enter Bavaria where he started planting his garden of destruction for the German people.&nbsp; It&#039;s ironic that his troops nicknamed him &quot;Grofaz&quot;, a rather derogatory and/or sarcastic abbreviation for Grosster Feldherr Aller Zieten [greatest war lord of all time].</p><p><br /></p><p>Back to the coin&#039;s symbolism ..... does anyone see it differently?&nbsp; I just try to rationalize this stuff from what is shown and in trying to understand what the designer wanted to express.&nbsp; Others may see the symbolism from a different prospective.&nbsp; Any thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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