The Sinking of the Niobe

CNG 87, Lot: 2149. Estimate $300. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Weimar Republic. 1919-1932. AV Medal (36mm, 21.63 g, 12h). Commemorating the capsizing and sinking of the Niobe in the Baltic Sea near Fehmarn. Dated 1932. (anchor) ALLES FÜRS VATERLAND (anchor)/VOLKSSPENDE-NIOBE (the Niobe, a public donation to all of the motherland), schooner ship (Niobe) under sail left on sea / DEN OPFERN VON FEHMARN ZUM GEDENKEN (to honor the sacrifice at Fehmarn), long cross on sea; 26. 7. 1932 across field. Edge: PREUSS . STAATSMUENZE GOLD 900 FEIN. UNC.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.