Medal - Adam and Eve Du sollst nicht missbrauchen die göttlichen kräfte im atom

Features

Location	Federal Republic of Germany
Type	Art medals
Year	1959
Composition	Silver (.835)
Weight	25.4 g
Diameter	40 mm
Thickness	2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 400578

Obverse

Adam and Eve stand naked at a leafless tree of paradise and rockethead snake winds around it. There are atoms instead of apples on the tree.

Script: Latin

Lettering: HANISCH-CONCEE 59

Engraver: Hans Eduard Hanisch-Concée

Reverse

The scripture against the background of symbolically indicated atomic components

Lettering: DU SOLLST NICHT MISSBRAUCHEN DIE GÖTTLICHEN KRÄFTE IM ATOM

Translation: You shall not abuse the divine powers of atom

Engraver: Hans Eduard Hanisch-Concée

Edge

Plain

Lettering: 835 B.H. MAYER PFORZHEIM

Mint

B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, Germany (1871-1999)

Comments

This medal reflects the feelings of people during the Cold War period, around 1947 to 1989, during which there were always fears of the outbreak of a nuclear war. The Berlin blockade of 1948/49, the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and the dispute over the stationing of medium-range missiles in Europe from 1979 to 1983 repeatedly raised fears that nuclear weapons could be used.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1959

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Actual silver weight: 0.682 oz

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