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Toned medal

BlackhawkBlackhawk Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭
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This medal is about 40mm in diameter and appears to be made of bronze. It's got some crazy toning on it.

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  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
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    R.I.P. Wayne, Brad
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  • DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭
    The next issue of the TAMS Journal (magazine of the Token and Medal Society) should include Part One of an article I wrote, "Portrait Medals of the Kaiserreich," which discusses this medal.

    An excerpt:


    Kaiser Wilhelm’s grandson, who reigned as Wilhelm II, glorified his predecessor’s memory, calling him Wilhelm the Great. He instituted this birthday centenary medal (Erinnerungsmedaille or Zentenarmedaille), issued in 1897 to all active members of the Prussian Army, as well as to surviving soldiers from campaigns including those of Germany’s unification in 1870–1871. The medal was designed by sculptor Walter Schott (a royal favorite) and struck by the firm of L. Ostermann, Berlin.
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