Germany, Weimar Republic. A Rhineland Occupation Propaganda Medal, by Hans Wittig and L. Christian Lauer Auction War Merit Medal 1813-1815 ("1813-1814"

War Merit Medal 1813-1815 ("1813-1814" obverse

Master Badge (in silver-filled metal

and then led the 1st SS Panzer Corps at the Eastern Front

123 mm x 158 mm x 24

The scabbard is constructed of black painted steel (magnetic) depicting light wear and loss of finish

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Rhineland Occupation Propaganda Medal, by Hans Wittig and L. Christian Lauer Auction War Merit Medal 1813-1815 ("1813-1814"(Medaille). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of an Allied soldier humiliating a German civilian, circumscribed by an inscription of SCHWARZE SCHMACH UND KULTURSCHANDE AM RHEIN (BLACK SHAME AND CULTURAL SHAME ON THE RHINE), the reverse bearing a central depiction of a broken sword topped by an inscription of DEUTSCHER NOT UND SCHMACH TALER (GERMAN DISTRESS AND DISGRACE TALER), the obverse engraver marked WITTIG,