WW1 Gold For Iron Medallion aquamarine OId Mine Cut Diamonds

OId Mine Cut Diamonds

An exceptional Georgian period Witch's Heart brooch set with flat-cut garnets

The anchor traditionally represents Hope

Complete with the original gold bail

While there's not enough room inside for actual coins

WW1 Gold For Iron Medallion aquamarine OId Mine Cut DiamondsDATE: WW1, c. 1916 A WW1 period Golderinnerungsmnze der Reichsbank (gold donation commemorative token) medallion issued by the German Imperial bank in 1916. Such pieces were exchange for articles of gold: coins, jewellery, watches (and presumably bullion, if you had any lying around). It was part of a well planned, large scale patriotic drive to fund the war effort, inspired by a similar operation around 100 years earlier to try and stay Napoleon's