GOETZ: Opus 602 Christoff Praun Commemorative

cacheman

K-602 “CHRISTOFF PRAUN 1683-1943”, Commemorative portrait medal, 1943, Cast Bronze, 65mm., UNC, Rare.

To commemorate the 260th year of his death on June 1st, 1683. Reverse, Legend DEVS MEVM REFVGIVM (God is my shelter). The coat of arms depicted are the Gewanderschneider and Roggenbach.

I am currently waiting to see if I won the "one and only" cast silver speciman made from this mold. Goetz created only one silver piece exclusively for the Praun family who, I assume, had commissioned him to create this piece in the first place. It is an expensive piece, but what would you expect from something that only has a POP of 1 that will never increase?

cosmicdebris

Are you building an addition to hold all of these in?

Good Luck on the Top POP one.

cacheman

I've still got another 25 that no one has seen too! heh heh

cosmicdebris

Speaking of where's the rest of the images for the patterns you just got?

cacheman

I can't get a decent image out of them due to the slab....I am vacillating whether I want to crack or not.....

cosmicdebris

Crack 'em out

Lloyd

The Praun Family? sounds a bit fishy

Are you collecting anything non-medal relating to Goetz? What town was he from and where did he do most of his work?

L

cacheman

yes, Patterns...98% of his work was created in Munich from 1906 until his death in 1950.

Lloyd

All right - let me rephrase the question ... Anything non coin/medal etc. Such as documents, letters, pictures etc...?

L

cacheman

yes, slowly but surely I am collecting some memorabilia but it is difficult to come by. I currently have one of his self-published coin catalogs that is kind of cool. Gunter Kienast has also provided me with images of medals from collectors that were not discovered until after the publication of his two reference volumes.