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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1952365, member: 39&quot;]Yes, Kamen does exist. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; It&#039;s another city in North Rhine Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen; I live in NW). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamen" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamen" rel="nofollow">This page</a> shows its coat of arms which should look pretty much like what you see on your medal.</p><p><br /></p><p>The checkerboard stripe refer to the former counts of Mark; quite a few towns in that area use it. (See <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafschaft_Mark#Stadtrechtsverleihungen_durch_die_Grafen_von_der_Mark_bis_1609" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafschaft_Mark#Stadtrechtsverleihungen_durch_die_Grafen_von_der_Mark_bis_1609" rel="nofollow">this section</a>, from the German Wikipedia version.) The other symbol, that sets Kamen apart from other &quot;Mark-ish&quot; towns, is the cogwheel.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kamen should (tongue in cheek) rather use a cloverleaf symbol: If you asked people here what they think of when they hear &quot;Kamen&quot;, most will mention the freeway interchange. The autobahns 1 and 2 &quot;meet&quot; at the Kamener Kreuz, one of the oldest interchanges in Germany. But I don&#039;t think the medal commemorates the autobahn; it will rather be some city jubilee ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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