KARL GOETZ MEDALS. Germany. 1000th Anniversary of the Death of Henry the Fowler, Duke of Saxony Silver Medal, 1936. Munich Mint. MINT STATE. Kienast-522. 36mm. By Karl Goetz. Obverse: Half-length bust of Henry right, holding standard and shield; Reverse: Eagle between five coats-of-arms. Edge: BAYER HAUPTMUNZAMT SILBER 900 f. Light steel gray surfaces, with a rather alluring matte nature. Includes box.<p><em>Henry the Fowler was the elected king of East Francia and, by the time of the Third Reich 1000 years later, regarded by Reichsfuehrer Heinrich Himmler as the first king of Germany, with Heinrich himself being the reincarnation of the former.</em> From the Richard Jewell Collection.
