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2695 - CARNAVAL de MAYENCE 1947 / GERMANY ( * ) - Large medal / Com…
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CARNAVAL de MAYENCE 1947 / GERMANY ( * ) - Large medal / Committee badge - 72 x 54 mm with ring and ribbon, gilded stamped brass - Historic town monuments, madman pulling a cart, town coat of arms. - 46,84 grammes - TTB ( * ) - Mainz Carnival (Mainzer Fasrnacht Mainz er de Mainz), organised every year since the Middle Ages. Preparations begin each year on 11 November at 11.11am and puts the city under the sign of madness. "Helau" is the rallying cry for all the mad people... The carnival associations were disbanded by the Nazi regime. After the war, the city's French commander, Louis Théodore Kleinmann, set about re-establishing the Mainz carnival. This medal comes from the collection of a French serviceman during the 1945-1951 occupation.
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About the sale CHRONO SALE OF MEDALS - CURRENCIES - JETONS and MISCELLANEOUS including ORLEANS & LOIRET
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Auction time 06/28/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 87520587
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