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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Wehwalt, post: 2217728, member: 33595&quot;][ATTACH=full]434021[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]434022[/ATTACH] Still on my occasional series on what I picked up on my Europe trip ... three are German medals, all modern, plus the papal medal that was probably marketed it.&nbsp; I got it, like most, in Kiel, but I found German medals all over eastern Europe (and no, not Nazi stuff.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t see any of that).&nbsp; I found the Erhard medal interesting as it commemorates a rather obscure chancellor, but still worth someone striking a medal over the centennial of his birth.&nbsp; The reverse, with the 16 German state shields making up the German eagle, is interesting as Erhard never exercised any jurisdiction over five and a portion of them, the ones in East Germany.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since medal-striking seems to be common in Germany, I tried to get some idea of how they are marketed.&nbsp; The internet wasn&#039;t much luck, and while there, I went into various stores looking (it&#039;s easy to look for medals, they will almost always be near the cash register).&nbsp; No luck.&nbsp; I did see, in Warnemunde, Germany, posted inside an antique shop, what looked like information sheets on two medals, but there was a language barrier and I didm&#039;t feel comfortable with photographing them (they were in a dark area of the shop anyway)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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