April 12, 2024
GERMAN MEDAL MAKERS & THEIR MARKS 1813-1957 (VOL 1)
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GERMAN MEDAL MAKERS & THEIR MARKS (VOLUME 1), 3 rd Edition with 332 pages, black and white, hundreds of illustrations/photos.Hardback cover A5 size. A specialist book which covers all aspects of Imperial, WW2 and post 1957German medalmaking including: Medal Manufacturers; Medal Designers; Manufacturing methods; Makers marks; Learn about the history of some of the greatest medal firms such as Godet, HJ Wilm, Carl Poellath, BH Mayer, Wilhelm Deumer, CE Juncker, Deschler and Son and more. Find out how Robert Klein and Alfred Quenzer turned a small watch fob business into one of the key medal players in Idar Oberstein. How did the firm set up by August Steinhauer and Gustav Adolf Lück survive two world wars and go on to celebrate 100 years of medalmaking in 1989? What key design contributions were made by Walter Schott, Otto Placzek and Richard Klein ? Information on the organisation of awards in WW2 including the setting up of the LDO and the complex relationship between the various chancellery offices and such characters as Dr Doehle and Franz Schwarz. Clear charts are used to help in the explanations. The book also covers medal making methods such as die stamping and the various metals used such as zinc, so called "buntmetals", aluminium and "cupal". The book contains extensive and detailed illustrations on virtually every
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