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    Unknown Glider Medal Help Please

    Does anyone know what this medal is and is it TR era? Also, what kind of value might this have. Thanks for any info . Pictures have finally been added.
    Last edited by Chris Lee; 12-10-2008, 10:24 PM.
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        The monument on the back side of the medal shows the monument to honour the airmen of WWI. It is suitated on the "Wasserkuppe" a mountain in the Rhöhn mountains where gliders started their training - still today.

        1923 the widow of a famous German man (Albert Ballin) gave the money to built the monument. The artist was August Gaul a famous German sculptor. On this monument are written (on a bronze plate) these words which are also written on the medal.

        Gerdan


        http://209.85.135.132/search?q=cache...lnk&cd=2&gl=de

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          On a mountain near Kassel, named Dörnberg, there has be a Segelflieger Lager - a glider camp.

          This postcard shows the Dörnberg with a glieder.

          Gerdan


          http://209.85.135.132/search?q=cache...lnk&cd=1&gl=de

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            Gerdan,
            Thanks for the info. Would this then be pre 1933. Was this given to glider pilots in honor of them and might you have a value for it?
            Thanks

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              It could be pre-1933 or TR period. Really no way to value something like this though I would not expect it to be very high in value as these sorts of things just don't command a lot of money due to collector interest being elsewhere.

              Mike

              Collecting mint condition Imperial German uniforms, visor caps, and Pickelhauben.

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                Originally posted by Mike H View Post
                It could be pre-1933 or TR period. Really no way to value something like this though I would not expect it to be very high in value as these sorts of things just don't command a lot of money due to collector interest being elsewhere.

                Mike
                that's right .. no way of telling for sure ... unless you find a specific reference for this medal/token or unless the glider plane depicts an actual model or type of plane and you can find someone who can tell when this type or model of plane was first used .... ? However, I think it is most likely from the 1920s. Cheers, Torsten.

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                  Just in case anybody wondered, allow me to add that the medal's obverse shows the best-known landmark of the city of Kassel, the Herkules.

                  See here:
                  http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkules_(Kassel)
                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_monument_(Kassel)

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