A German Golden Wedding Anniversary Award Document
Item: Führer certificate of golden wedding anniversary, 24.9 x 36.3 cm; Date of item: Period of Nazi Germany; Condition: good, signs of aging, slight tearing on the side; A certificate from the “Führer und Reichskanzler” (Führer and Reich Chancellor) to an unnamed couple in honour of their golden wedding anniversary (50 years of marriage). The Führer congratulates them and wishes them long and happy sunset years with their family. It carries a facsimile of Hitler’s signature. Underneath is a stamp of a wreath of oak leaves with an imperial eagle inside, standing on a second wreath of oak leaves with a swastika inside. The bottom sports two cornucopias, one filled with ears of wheat, one with roses. Underneath it reads “Reichsdruckerei, Berlin”: Reich printery, Berlin.

