Illegal silver medals bearing the face of Adolf Hitler have surfaced in Vienna, the Austrian newspaper, Kurier, reports. The medals, being sold for 200 Schillings ($10), show the Third Reich’s eagle and the motto of the Third Reich, “Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuehrer” (One People, One Reich, One Leader) on the reverse side, Austrian police have not yet been able to establish the source of these medals.
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