1936 Reichsparteitag Table Medal

[Matthew]

One more for your viewing pleasure. This one is a non portable piece from "Reichsparteitag der Ehre" (Rally of Honour- remilitarization of Rhineland was perceived as an act of restoring Germany's honour) and comes here via the famous "Deschler Hoard". This one being silver in color although bronze ones exist and presumably gold as well.
Any more out there? Lets see them!
cheers
Matt

[Matthew]

2 more

Couple more. Made from a very light weight alloy. Most likely Aluminum with darkened recesses. Nice looking, presentable piece. I do not think I have ever seen those cased- prototypes perhaps?
cheers
Matt

[petopoint]

A Beaut!

Another Super Party Day Award from your Big Box Drawer Matthew.
I'm afraid the only rendition I have to compare is the 1936 Tinnie edition lying somewhere in my little Box drawer.
Yours looks to be in pristine condition, thanks for wheeling it out.
Regards, Pete

[ErichS]

Nice Matt and their can't be too many of them out there.

[Duzig]

Hello,
Nice piece & as someone else said, pristine condition. Beautiful!
Duzig(Bill)

[Matthew]

thx for the kind words

Thank You Gentlemen. I was really excited to get this one. I have one of those non portables (forget which year) with the usual "nurnberg"+ a date on the verso that came in a simple wax paper bag folded in half. Did anyone ever seen one of those that came in an actual case? Or were they more or less distributed "loose"?
Or even- were they even distributed at all? More questions than answers.
cheers
Matt

[Bull2000]

Hi Matt,
thanks for showing.
The letter on pic 1,2 and 4 is also very interesting. Do you have a full scan of it?Thanks,
Bull

[Br. James]

A breathtaking piece, Matt -- many thanks for sharing it with us! Though I don't recall seeing this medallion in a cased version, I would assume that there must have originally been such a set available. Since we know that the tinnies were made for each event in great numbers as a fund-raising effort toward offsetting the high costs of mounting each RPT, this medallion appears to be in that same direction and not made as a prize for winning a particular event.

Br. James

[Matthew]

papers

Hi Matt,
thanks for showing.
The letter on pic 1,2 and 4 is also very interesting. Do you have a full scan of it?Thanks,
Bull

there you go Bull.
cheers
Matt

[Matthew]

A breathtaking piece, Matt -- many thanks for sharing it with us! Though I don't recall seeing this medallion in a cased version, I would assume that there must have originally been such a set available. Since we know that the tinnies were made for each event in great numbers as a fund-raising effort toward offsetting the high costs of mounting each RPT, this medallion appears to be in that same direction and not made as a prize for winning a particular event.

Br. James

I think those medals as shown although no prizes for any Kampfspiele were still given as a token of appreciation to the Potentates of the Regime rather than something you could just buy handing over a couple of RMs. Even though it is at the present unknown to us the true purpose of it- the fact that they came in different grades (bronze, silver, gold) points most certainly in that direction. And that would make those medals to be on the opposite end of a award spectrum as viewed from tinnie point of view. How many have we seen throughout our collecting carriers collectively? My guess is not many. Look at the past threads here on WAF- next to nothing.. Identical design of them over the span of at least 5 years (official logo on the face with Nurnberg and a date of the event on the back) seem to negate the notion of a prototype BUT if made to be given out to the Golden Fasanen et al- why no cases showed up? Would they be presented wrapped in a wax bag? It does not make sense. Even the top piece in this department- Erich's 35 RPT belonging to AH came with no case. So either they did not survive or...?
Isn't history fascinating??
cheers
Matt

[Br. James]

You really make some fascinating points, Matt! I hadn't considered that these medallions were produced in three grades -- gold, silver and bronze -- and in that case, I must agree that it seems like these were intended to be some sort of awards or prizes, and not made to be sold to the attending public. But can we make that distinction for all RPT medallions that have turned up, regardless of year? Perhaps I'm too focused on profit-making, but it seems to me that a piece like this would find a receptive public to buy them. And the NSDAP was always strapped for cash!

The question of cases for these medallions is also confusing. Haven't we seen examples of these pieces turning up in fine, fitted leatherette cases, suitable for presentation? But the cases are far fewer than the medallions themselves. Perhaps this is the same situation as with many of the military decorations and awards? Most such awards find their way to the market without the case or even the packet that they were shipped in, though we know that such cases did originally exist, simply based upon the ones that do show up!

As you said: "Isn't history fascinating?!" You bet it is!

Br. James

[ErichS]

James,

The party was flush with money after the assumption of power so these medals were most probably awards and not sold to the public.

[Matthew]

The question of cases for these medallions is also confusing. Haven't we seen examples of these pieces turning up in fine, fitted leatherette cases, suitable for presentation? But the cases are far fewer than the medallions themselves. Perhaps this is the same situation as with many of the military decorations and awards? Most such awards find their way to the market without the case or even the packet that they were shipped in, though we know that such cases did originally exist, simply based upon the ones that do show

I think you might be confusing different non portables: the one as shown above and other ones like it (nurnberg+date on the reverse) with RPT kampfspiele non portables (same front although much larger award -at least for 37-39 RPTs-with reverse dedication-to the winner or for 2 or 3 place). The latter one are often encountered with award cases but the ones as pictured above never cased (that I have seen). To add fuel to the fire there are also non portable medals with no dedication to the reverse- as I call them "smoothbacks"- those as well show up cased from time to time although very rare. And to complete the confusion- also in existence non portables in solid silver (pretty much all years) and clay/porcelain examples (34 or 35 RPT I forget) along with literally tens of different non portable awards from different resorts of the Nazi Empire (nskk, sa and so on)
Erich- is there any mention of a case that your 35' might initially reside in? If any came cased- it would be that one.
Great discussion as always!
Cheers
Matt

[Matthew]

Forgot to add- the one I have that came in a little wax bag- it fits it perfectly as though it was made for it (size that is). I don't see the bag being added to it at a later date- no reason to "enhance" it from a monetary point of view as they are not that expensive and if someone wanted to spruce it up he/she would use an actual case to push it as "rare cased" example. I will take a pic of it when I get home next week. Maybe the prototype theory is right after all. There sure isn't a lot of them around.
Cheers
Matt

[ErichS]

Matt,

No mention of a case in the Winter auction material. The Hitler silver medal was listed as .800 silver and mine as gold.