Live auction - fme_1166446 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - WILLIAM II Médaille, Commémoration du 22 mai 1871
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, Commémoration du 22 mai 1871
Date: 1896
Metal : silver
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 19,91 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille nettoyée à la patine légèrement irisée. Présence de coups et rayures, notamment sur la tranche. Trace d’une ancienne bélière à 12 heures
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste habillé en tenue militaire, de profil à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 1871 / 1896 // DEN - 22 MAI.
Reverse description : Allégorie féminine drapée et assise tenant chacun des boucliers timbré d’une date différente, deux angelots à ses pieds tiennent une guirlande de fleurs.
Historical background
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - WILLIAM II
(15/06/1888-9/11/1918)
William II (27/01/1859-4.06/1941) is the eldest son of Frederick and Victoria of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. He is therefore the grandson of Queen Victoria of England. Emperor in 1888, he let himself be drawn into the First World War by his staff and had to abdicate in 1918. He took refuge in the Netherlands and died in 1941.
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