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stumped in md New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 08/19/2011 9:44 pm I'm trying to learn more about this coin I have. It's about 1" in diameter, appears to be made of Aluminum, and is denominated at 1 Schilling. No country or year on it. All writing is in German. On the obverse is the tottenkopf (death's head) with the words "SS Kampft Weiter" around the skull. There was no concentration camp named "Weiter," but he was the last commandant of Dachau. On the reverse are the words "Meine Ehre Heisst Treue (My Honor's Name Is Loyalty)" around the SS runes. Can anyone tell me more about this coin or token and its origins/value/etc.? Thanks. ks. Report this Post to the Staff

DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 08/19/2011 9:56 pm "SS Kämpft Weiter" doesn't refer to any camp. It might be translated as "SS keeps fighting". The Schilling denomination is interesting; perhaps it was issued in Austria after the Anschluss in 1938? Report this Post to the Staff
stumped in md New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 08/19/2011 9:59 pm Thanks for your quick reply, but from 1938 through 1944, after the anschlaus, Austria used German coinage, so there would have been no schillings in circulation. Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 08/19/2011 10:06 pm Just guesses here, since a Schilling doesn't make sense in Germany at the time. Alternately, perhaps it was a SS recruitment piece prior to the Anschluss? The Austrian SS began around 1932 and became a covert influence prior to the invasion. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16860 Posts	Posted 08/20/2011 02:19 am I just typed "S.S. kampft weiter" "1 schilling" into Google, and only two responses came back: this very thread on CCF (man, Google indexes CCF pages fast!) and a pdf of an auction catalogue from WAG coin auction house in Germany, where one of these was being sold: Lot# 5844, where it is described as a "Propagandamarke" (propaganda token) and as being "Sehr selten. Prägeschwäche, sehr schön" (very rare, weak strike, VF condition) and estimated at 50 euros; looking up their prices realised, it actually sold for 105 euros. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
stumped in md New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 08/20/2011 10:02 am Much to Austria's chagrin, that's where Hitler came from, so it's possible that this coin has its SS origins in Austria, pre-anschluss. Since I don't read or speak German, I appreciate the help in locating an auction in Germany and translating some pertinent facts. Thanks, guys, for all your help! If anyone else has any leads, please continue to submit them. Report this Post to the Staff
xodusna New Member United States 35 Posts	Posted 08/28/2011 10:02 pm wow, nice Report this Post to the Staff
giovanni New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 08/28/2011 10:52 pm The obverse motto means "The SS continues to fight." This statement would have been meaningless until after the second world war was over. A schilling would have made no sense at all until after war and Austria was again independent. This may have been a privately issued token issued secretly and circulated secretly among former members of the SS. Report this Post to the Staff
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