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<p>[QUOTE="Hus.thaler, post: 4148748, member: 85490"]So I know that I have seen folks here post versions of this little Nurnberg klippe medal before, and it is not uncommon to see it pop up in European auctions a few times a year, but I have always wondered about it. This medalet commemorates the end of the 30 Years' War and the Peace of Westphalia, so why in God's green earth does a coin commemorating one of the bloodiest European conflicts in all history have a kid on a stick horse? </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I finally won one at an auction and did some google searching. First the medal, then the article:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1071989[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1071990[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1071991[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So, just in case there was ever anybody else who wondered about this little piece, now you know the rest of the story.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hus.thaler, post: 4148748, member: 85490"]So I know that I have seen folks here post versions of this little Nurnberg klippe medal before, and it is not uncommon to see it pop up in European auctions a few times a year, but I have always wondered about it. This medalet commemorates the end of the 30 Years' War and the Peace of Westphalia, so why in God's green earth does a coin commemorating one of the bloodiest European conflicts in all history have a kid on a stick horse? Well, I finally won one at an auction and did some google searching. First the medal, then the article: [ATTACH=full]1071989[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1071990[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1071991[/ATTACH] So, just in case there was ever anybody else who wondered about this little piece, now you know the rest of the story.[/QUOTE]
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