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Message:: [QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1524543, member: 39"]Don't think there were any elections in Weimar on that day, but that medal is not from there anyway. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The piece is from Cologne. It commemorates the first trade show at the (then new) expo halls. On one side you see a boat on the Rhine river, with the church of Groß St. Martin (left) and the Cologne cathedral (right) in the background. At the bottom, three crowns, referring to the Three Magi. The inscription "Köllen eyn Kroyn boven allen Steden schoyn" goes back to the Middle Ages: "Cologne, a crown, beautiful above all cities" or so. (In medieval times, Cologne was the biggest city in what could be considered Germany. Today it is the biggest city in this state, and the fourth largest in Germany.) On the other side you have the original logo of the expo company, a stylized cathedral (well, the two towers) above the Rhine (well, a wave). The text "Zur Erinnerung an die erste Kölner Messe / 11.-17. Mai 1924" means "In memory of the first Köln/Cologne Expo" and the dates. Christian[/QUOTE]