2 Deutsche Mark Franz Josef Strauss, Germany

An eagle, emblem of Germany

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Portrait of Franz Josef Strauß (1915-1988), a highly influential political man. He notably was defense minister in 1956, in charge of rebuilding the Bundeswehr, chairman of the Bavarian political party CSU from 1961 on and Bavarian minister-president from 1978 to his death. 1949-1989 celebrate 40 years of the western Federal Republic, from its founding to its reunification in 1990. F.J. Strauß was a political actor during this period from the early 50s to his death in 1988.

Erich Ott

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Smooth with the inscription of the German motto (unity, justice and freedom) Two varieties: Edge text readable with obverse face up, Edge text readable with reverse face up.