Mini Museum A Piece of the Berlin Wall in a Ryker Box Genuine With COA

The Mini Museum contains a genuine piece of the Berlin Wall, presented in a Ryker box. It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. The item is not signed and the country/region of manufacture is unknown.

On the night of August 13th, 1961, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) began the construction of a massive wall to enclose West Berlin and seal it off from the rest of East Germany, though the real purpose of the structure was to keep East German citizens from defecting to the West.

The Wall stood until November 9th, 1989. Radical political changes had been underway in Eastern Europe, and civil unrest had wracked the East German government for weeks. Thousands of citizens from East and West Berlin met at the wall and smashed it down with sledgehammers.

This specimen is a piece of debris from the wall which was collected after the fall in 1989.

THE BERLIN WALL

On August 13th, 1961, construction began on a massive wall to encircle Western Berlin. The project was part of an effort to prevent citizens of East Germany from defecting to the West. With guard towers, barbed wires, and concrete blocks, the Berlin Wall stood for 38 years.

On November 9th, 1989, growing discontent caused the GDR to allow its citizens to visit West Germany. Thousands of East Berliners massed at the structure, many climbing the wall to join West Berliners in celebration while others smashed through with sledgehammers. Around the world, November 9th became known as the day the Berlin Wall fell.

This specimen is a fragment of concrete that was collected from the ruins of the wall after its fall in 1989. Shapes and patterns of each specimen vary as they come from different parts of the concrete.

All specimens are enclosed in an acrylic specimen jar with a removable top which arrives in a handsome, glass-topped riker box case measuring 4x3x1 (inches). A small information card is included, which also serves as the certificate of authenticity.