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A Rusted Steel Coin From 1942

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 Posted 11/08/2016  11:17 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add nelson9225 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
good morning all
I have need of help in identifying this steel medal/coin
it weighs 8.3 grams
is 29 mm across
I can read gauleiter hole ca rover 1942 and 15.5
any help would be appreciated

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He was an official in the Nazi party and died in 1942.
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A 'Gauleiter', literally translated 'district leader', was a regional Nazi leader during the Second World War.

What you have here is not a coin, as no such coins have been minted, ever, but a medal. In this case it seems dedicated to the memory of Carl Röver, a Gauleiter who died in 1942.

More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_R%C3%B6ver
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