Germany, Third Reich. A Prototype Table Medal for the 1940 Nuremberg Rally, by Deschler & Sohn

(Reichsparteitag Erinnerungsmedaille Prototyp). A scarce and striking prototype table medal for the cancelled 1940 Nuremberg Rally, constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse bearing a central leftward-facing profile of a Heer soldier wearing a Stahlhelm, flanked by a sword and torch wrapped in laurel and oak leaf branches, respectively, in turn situated above a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of “REICHSPARTEITAG 1940”, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of “NUR TAPFERE VÖLKER HABEN GESCHICHTE” (“ONLY BRAVE PEOPLE HAVE HISTORY”), measuring 85 mm in diameter and retaining an original wax paper liner, the obverse engraver marked with the logo of Richard Klein, the reverse maker marked “DESCHLER, MÜNCHEN”, a scarce commemorative item from the seminal annual NSDAP event terminated with the commencement of the Second World War, in near mint condition.