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St. Wendel
Kr. St. Wendel
Saarland

Brülstraße
(Bliesbrücke)

Balthasar Gedenktafel

Balthasar Memorial

August Balthasar
(1914 - 1973)
Race manager

artist unknown
2014

Description

Commemorative plaque with in the center a double portrait of August Balthasar and ?, surrounded by a plan of the St. Wendel 'Stadtkurs', top right the motorcyclist Karl Recktenwald (Winterbach 1931 - Leonberg 1964, Wikipedia), and top left the logo of the Motorsport-Club St. Wendel (M.C.W.) and the coats of arms of St. Wendel, Saarland (1948-1955) and Bundesland Saarland (since 1957). At the sides a list of names of the winners of the races in St. Wendel.

ST.Wendel - Balthasar Gedenktafel

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

Saarbrücker Zeitung, 11 August 2014, Rennsportfreunde drehen die Zeit zurück.
M.C.W. Motorsport Historiker St. Wendel e.V., In Gedenken.

Locatie (N 49°28'6" - E 7°10'0") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desl056; Photograph: 30 May 2019
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