1917 Prize

[RonR]

Know nothing about this one......



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[vellocino]

I found this link for a cased example and a description according to the seller.
I read Der Sieger Wettkämpfe (The competition winner), he reads Der sieger Weltkampfe (The Hero World War 1917), so probably he is speculating, but I agree the table medal was awarded to someone supporting an event from the War Ministry.
Here it is the link, item 27-42
http://www.derrittmeister.com/tablemed.htm
Hope this helps.
Thanks
Vellocino

[RonR]

Vellocino,

Many thanks for this!

Best regards,

[Brian L.]

The figure is the warrior Siegfried the Dragonslayer from the Nibilungenlied.

Wettkampfe means competition and put together with the figure, I would suspect it was some sort of sports competition.

By the way, besides being grossly over-priced, Der Rittmeister often comes up with fanciful descriptions for his wares. In this case, he obviously can't read the German properly.

[Gerdan]

The medal was given to the winner of an "Armeewettkampf" (army competition) 1917 of the

Prussian Kriegsministerium.

Gerdan

[RonR]

Many, many thanks guys!

Best regards,