Bronze Medal, Germany. 1979.58.45

Physical Description

• Axis: 12

• Measurements

  • Length: 24
  • Length: 33

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Bronze

• Authority

  • Artist: Goetz, Karl

• Geographic

  • Place of Issue: Saxony
  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: Germany

• Obverse

  • Legend: FVR TRVE IN DER ARBEIT (="[Awarded] for loyalty to work")
  • Type: Full figured male, wearing working clothes with apron, standing facing, but head to r.; standing on (ship), placed on water, holding large hammer with r. hand.

• Reverse

  • Legend: HANDELS/ KAMMER/ ZITTAV (="Chamber of Commerce, Zittau")
  • Type: A mistletoe.
  • Symbol: K . G

References

• Reference: K.100

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1979.58.45
• Lot: 1979.58
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

Rights

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