KarlGoetz.com Collection

 

K- 501

 

THE SAAR PLEBISCITE

 

1935, Cast Bronze Commemorative Medal, 115.0mm., 377.00g., Rim-punched, K•GœTz

 

Obverse:  "We want home into the Reich. Plebiscite in the Saar territory January 13, 1935."

 

Reverse:   "Swear and speak right, stay right. True remains true' German is the Saar."

 
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A plebiscite in the Saar territory governed in accordance with the Versailles Treaty by an international commission responsible to the League of Nations con cluded with the voters casting 91% in favor of a return to Germany in January 1935: The decision was carried out on March 1 of the same year.

 

 

 

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