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It's my 1,000th post! (Any Prussian material?)

DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭
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I'll be posting some new purchases from Baltimore ANA as soon as possible.

In the meantime, anyone have anything interesting in the Prussian theme? Hohenzollern portrait medals in particular?




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An oldie but a goodie

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  • PreussenPreussen Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭
    Did I hear someone mention the Hohenzollerns? image Here are a couple image . -Preussen

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    Edited to add: I have many Prussian medals, but few are imaged...here's another.

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  • 1960NYGiants1960NYGiants Posts: 3,509 ✭✭✭✭
    Congrats on 1000!

    Preussen - I really like the look of the 1901 silver peice image
    Gene

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations!

    No Prussian material here at the moment (at least, not that I have pictures of).

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  • PreussenPreussen Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭
    Come on, folks - Bring out your Hohenzollerns image -Preussen
    "Illegitimis non carborundum" -General Joseph Stilwell. See my auctions
  • DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭
    Ouch! My meager ANA pickups will look very modest in comparison!

    Great medals. Thank you!

    The obverse of the 1801 is pregnant with meaning. These guys really felt they ruled by the grace of God!


  • PreussenPreussen Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Ouch! My meager ANA pickups will look very modest in comparison! >>

    Not at all; let's see 'em image

    The 1801 is one of my favorites...100th Anniversary of the Kingdom, and the first 5 kings image -Preussen
    "Illegitimis non carborundum" -General Joseph Stilwell. See my auctions
  • Musky1011Musky1011 Posts: 3,904 ✭✭✭✭
    Just one of my pocket pieces
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  • FilamCoinsFilamCoins Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭



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  • DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭
    Nice gold set!

    Okay, here are some embarrassing examples of my primitive and animal-like photography skills.

    A newp from Baltimore:

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    (No, I don't have a copy stand!)

  • DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭
    My photos will give you a headache if you look at them too long. Sorry. image

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  • PreussenPreussen Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭
    Nice Prussian Gold and cool medals - Now we're seeing some Hohenzollerns image . Here is one I've been trying to image for years, and I just can't get it right image -Preussen

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  • Silvereagle82Silvereagle82 Posts: 1,219 ✭✭✭
    My 1797A Frederick d'or
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  • DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭
    Preussen, I really like that Friedrich III zwei mark. Your photo appears to capture some cartwheel luster.

    What can you tell me about my Wilhelm II pigeon medal? I've seen them from time to time, and decided to scoop this one up in Baltimore when I found it in a dealer's inventory.

    Conrad, nice frederick d'or! To me, the eagle is evocative of the early gold designs of the United States.

  • PreussenPreussen Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Preussen, I really like that Friedrich III zwei mark. Your photo appears to capture some cartwheel luster. >>

    Thanks. It's my best photo effort for the coin, but it is still an insult to the amazing appearance of the piece.

    << <i>What can you tell me about my Wilhelm II pigeon medal? I've seen them from time to time, and decided to scoop this one up in Baltimore when I found it in a dealer's inventory. >>

    The design seems familiar, but I can't place it right now. I'll think on it. -Preussen
    "Illegitimis non carborundum" -General Joseph Stilwell. See my auctions
  • PreussenPreussen Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭
    Here are a few more medals I photographed (well, I tried anyway) last evening. -Preussen

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  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭✭
    Dentuck, that's a really cool military Prussian coin (?), I like it!





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  • DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭
    Here are some of my Baltimore newps, courtesy of photographer Tom Mulvaney, whose photo skills are much better than mine. The following is a well-worn version of Preussen's example pictured above:

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  • DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭
    A Bismarck "reconciliation medal":

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  • DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭
    And another reconciliation medal; notice this time the Chancellor is in military uniform, rather than in mufti, as depicted in the last medal:

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  • PreussenPreussen Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭
    Dentuck: Nice medals image -Preussen
    "Illegitimis non carborundum" -General Joseph Stilwell. See my auctions
  • DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭
    Vielen Dank, Preussen!

    Here's a neat 90th-birthday medal of Kaiser Wilhelm I that shows him at various ages.

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  • adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭
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  • DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭
    Here's a nice silver medal commemorating the marriage of Viktoria Louise (daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II) to Ernst August, duke of Brunswick.

    In my library I have an autographed copy of her bibliography.

    She is the maternal grandmother of the current queen of Spain.

    The event honored by this medal was significant not only as the wedding of the kaiser's only daughter, but also one of the last great European royal social gatherings before World War I.

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  • PreussenPreussen Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭
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    Nice medal, but it makes me think of this imageimage -Preussen

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well, it sure ain't much, compared to what's been posted here (yow!), but hey, I did find ONE Prussian piece in the boxes.

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  • coffeycecoffeyce Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭
    Heres one I just got today.

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    Chris
  • JimKJimK Posts: 605
    Here's a few more Prussians:
    Friedrich 1888 5 Mark
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    200 Years of Kingdom 5 Mark 1901 Wilhelm II
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    And another Friedrich 5 Mark
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    Jim
  • ozzysdad47ozzysdad47 Posts: 257
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    " I just checked in , Just to see what condition, My condition was in." Kenny Rogers and the 1st. Edition......
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