Germany, Third Reich. A Large Carl Friedrich Zelter Bronze Plaque

(Zelter-Plakette). Constructed of patinated bronze, the obverse with a leftward-facing profile of Carl Friedrich Zelter, topped by name and within a laurel branch wreath, the reverse with an inscription of “DER PRÄSIDENT DER REICHSMUSIK-KAMMER” (“THE PRESIDENT OF THE REICH CHAMBER OF MUSIC”) and “FÜR VERDIENSTE UM DIE FÖRDERUNG DES DEUTSCHEN CHORGESANGES UND DIE PFLEGE DES DEUTSCHEN VOLKSLIEDES” (“FOR MERIT IN THE FURTHERING OF GERMAN CHOIR SINGING AND THE CARE OF GERMAN FOLK SONGS”), topped by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 165 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition.