Germany, DDR. A Rare National Prize in Gold, Type 2, with Case and Ribbon Bar Province of China Marks was hospitalized at No

Marks was hospitalized at No

the reverse bearing a handwritten signature of “DEZ

A medal bar of ten decorations

45” across the three and nine o’clock arms

1889 in Mansfield

Germany, DDR. A Rare National Prize in Gold, Type 2, with Case and Ribbon Bar Province of China Marks was hospitalized at No(Nationalpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik in Gold mit Bandschnalle und Etui). Instituted 31 March 1949. (1973 1989 issue). Constructed of 12K Gold, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a rightward facing profile of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, circumscribed by an inscription of DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of NATIONAL PREIS (NATIONAL