E-auction 651-666176 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF BAVARIA - LUDWIG II Médaille, Louis II
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Type : Médaille, Louis II
Date: n.d.
Metal : brass
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,72 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, coups et rayures. Présence de taches d’oxydation, sur les deux faces et la tranche. Restes de brillant de frappe
Obverse
Obverse legend : KOENIG - VON BAIERM.
Obverse description : Buste de face en tenue militaire.
Reverse
Reverse legend : KONIGREICH - VON BAIERN.
Reverse description : Blason couronné de la Bavière entouré par une couronne de chêne et laurier.
Commentary
Médaille avec un diamètre sans bélière de 23 mm.
Medal with a diameter without bail of 23 mm
Medal with a diameter without bail of 23 mm
Historical background
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF BAVARIA - LUDWIG II
(03/10/1864-06/13/1886)
Louis II (25/08/1845-13/06/1886) is the eldest son of Maximilian II Joseph and Marie of Prussia. He succeeded his father in 1864. After Prussia, Bavaria was the most powerful state in the Reich. Unfortunately Louis II had supported his cousin François-Joseph Ier of Austria (1848-1916) against Guillaume Ier in the Austro-Prussian war of 1866. A close friend of Wagner, he spent money lavishly and had many castles built in fantastic architecture. A neuropath with an idealistic and enthusiastic temperament, the ministry decided to have a certificate of insanity drawn up and committed. Taken to Berg Castle, he drowned in the nearby lake, possibly while trying to escape.
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