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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 3545724, member: 39"]Münster, today in NW, was one of the two cities where the Westphalian peace treaties were signed in 1648 (the other one was Osnabrück, today in NI), and the depicted building is what after the October 1944 bombing was left of the City Hall. As far as I know, 20,000 of these medals were minted (on the occasion of the reopening of the Peace Hall in that building) but less than one tenth of the mintage was sold at the time. The EBK signature refers to Erna Becker-Kahns; don't know about the HA on the other side.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 3545724, member: 39"]Münster, today in NW, was one of the two cities where the Westphalian peace treaties were signed in 1648 (the other one was Osnabrück, today in NI), and the depicted building is what after the October 1944 bombing was left of the City Hall. As far as I know, 20,000 of these medals were minted (on the occasion of the reopening of the Peace Hall in that building) but less than one tenth of the mintage was sold at the time. The EBK signature refers to Erna Becker-Kahns; don't know about the HA on the other side. Christian[/QUOTE]
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