5 Deutsche Mark Albert Schweitzer

Commemorative issue

100th Anniversary of the Birth of Albert Schweitzer

Obverse

An eagle, emblem of the German Federal Republic with the date to the top-right and the mintmark and denomination below

Lettering:
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND
G
1975
5 DEUTSCHE MARK

Translation:
Federal Republic of Germany
G
1975
5 Deutsche Mark

Engraver: Manfred Spang

Reverse

Portrait of the Doctor Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), philosopher and holder of a Nobel Prize

Lettering:
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
1875-1965

Engraver: Manfred Spang

Edge

Smooth and inscripted

Lettering: EHRFURCHT VOR DEM LEBEN

Translation: Respect for life