Bronze Medal, Germany. 1959.117.8

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1959.117.8

Physical Description

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 7.68
    • Diameter (in mm): 27
  • Countermark: hole as if to be hung around neck

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Medal

  • Date on Object

    • Date: 1896
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Bronze

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: 18 JANUAR 1871-1893
    • Type: standing figure, sword in left hand, right hand above head

  • Reverse

    • Legend: GEWIDMET|DER|NURNBERGER|JUGEND|AN DIE|FESTFEIER|IN DER|TURNHALLE|18.I.1896|ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE AUFRICHTUNG DES DEUTSCHEN REICHES

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1959.117.8
  • Lot: 1959.117
  • Department: Medals and Decorations
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Erlanger, Herbert J.

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
  • Rights: Copyright Undetermined

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