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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 4375777, member: 102103&quot;]Day 31:</p><p>German Empire, Prussia, 3 Marks, 1913</p><p>Also a 2 marks of the same design which was made into a pin.[ATTACH=full]1104000[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1104001[/ATTACH]</p><p>I wrote about this in my <a href="https://wp.me/pa8Nfq-3i" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://wp.me/pa8Nfq-3i" rel="nofollow">blog</a> earlier when I got the pin.&nbsp; When I saw the three mark I felt compelled to make a set of them.&nbsp; I believe they commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Prussian declaration of war against Napoleon&#039;s France in 1813.&nbsp; The words are from an 1813 song about the event:&nbsp; &quot;DER KÖNIG RIEF UND ALLE ALLE KAMEN.&quot;&nbsp; (The king called and they all, all came.)&nbsp; Below it reads:&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;MIT GOTT-FÜR KÖNIG UND VATERLAND&nbsp; 17-3-1813.&quot;&nbsp; (With God--for King and Fatherland, March 17, 1813.)</p><p><br /></p><p>You can tell this was made at a time of increased tension between Germany and France during the run-up to the Great War.&nbsp; The eagle probably represents Prussia and the snake either Napoleon or France in general.&nbsp; Oddly, the design is almost identical to the eagle devouring a serpent of Aztec mythology shown on many coins from the post-colonial Mexico.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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