125th birthday of Clara Zetkin, 20 Mark coin 1982, GDR

This 20-Mark commemorative coin was released in 1982 in the GDR on the occasion of the 125. Birthday of Clara Zetkin . The face of the coin shows a portrait of the German politician. The coin was minted in uncirculated luster and consists of 500 silver.

Clara Josephine Zetkin (1857-1933) was a peace activist, women's rights activist and politician. Before she joined the USPD (Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany), an SPD split-off, in 1917, she belonged to the revolutionary-Marxist faction of the SPD.
After that, she was a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).

From 1920 to 1933, during the Weimar Republic, Clara Zetkin was a member of the Reichstag for the KPD.