ORIGINAL PIECE OF THE BERLIN WALL

Small piece of the Wall encased in acrylic together with a letter from the Press Secretary of the German Embassy to Mr Henly, sending “on behalf of the Ambassador, a genuine piece of the Berlin Wall, encased in acrylic and showing the silhouette of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. I hope that you will achieve your aim and that Miss Sarah Watts together with the other contestants will be able to represent the County of Wiltshire at the 17th World Scout Jamboree in Korea next year...”, the block two and a half inches square, 1 side A4, 23 Belgrave Square, London, 15th November

The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin. During the years of the Wall, around 5,000 people successfully defected to West Berlin. The number of people who died trying to cross the Wall, or as a result of the Wall's existence, has been disputed. The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, marked the beginning of the destruction of the figurative Iron Curtain, as East Berlin transit restrictions were overwhelmed and discarded.

Item Date:  1990

Stock No:  42736      £225

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