Live auction - fme_1123646 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - FREDERICK-WILLIAM IV Médaille, Carl Ritter
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, Carl Ritter
Date: 1859
Metal : copper
Diameter : 43 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 38,55 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène, légèrement irisée avec des traces d’usure, rayures et taches d’oxydation
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête nue de profil à droite. Signé : F AEERLI F.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CAROLO RITTERO / GEOGRAPHO / NATO D. VII AUG. / A.O MDCCLXXIX / PIO GRATOQUE / ANIMO / D. / OB : D: 28 SEPT. 1859.
Reverse description : Légende en 8 lignes.
Historical background
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - FREDERICK-WILLIAM IV
(7/06/1840-2/01/1861)
Frédéric-Guillaume IV (1795-1861) was the eldest son of Frédéric-Guillaume III and Louise of Mecklenburg. He succeeded his father in 1840. Liberal, he changed his mind with the pan-European revolution of 1848. He lost his mind and his brother, the future William I, assumed the regency from 1856. Frédéric-Guillaume IV died in 1861 childless. He had married Elizabeth of Bavaria. His brother William I then ascended the throne.
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