Rearing Horse of Hannover

harasha · September 28, 2013 8:38AM

Zohar · September 28, 2013 2:01PM

Very neat design. Well done for a modern era medal.

LochNESS · September 28, 2013 2:36PM

Yes the detail on that street scene is fantastic. It looks like the horse's rear left hoof is standing on a rock? I wonder what significance that has, if any? why not have both rear feet on the ground?

DorkGirl · September 28, 2013 9:46PM

harasha · September 29, 2013 2:17AM

I do not know if there is any purposeful symbolism, but I did find out the following, from Wikipedia.

The horse on the medal clearly is modeled after -

Bronze statue of the "Sachsenross" ("Saxon Horse"), created by sculptor Albert Wolff in 1865, now standing in front of the "Welfenschloss" Palace, home of the Hannover University.

brg5658 · September 29, 2013 3:09AM

Great design! The rearing saxon steed has been around for centuries. The oldest coin I have with the use is from 1690 (see below), but I know it goes well before that. Great medal!

harasha · September 29, 2013 5:43AM

Hard to believe that 2/3 taler only is AU!

LochNESS · September 30, 2013 7:08PM

So, no theories on why the rear left hoof is standing on a rock? are there many rocks in Saxony?

Perhaps it is not a rock, but a very small house of the enemy village next door.

harasha · October 2, 2013 6:39PM

I think the rock simply is a sculptural device meant to stabilize the sculpture without distracting from the piece. You see the same sort of things with figures of humans who, let's say, are leaning against tree trunks.

LochNESS · October 10, 2013 2:42AM

<< <i> leaning against tree trunks. >>

I totally agree with you I just found this funny for some reason

maybe I'm just in a happy mood

Rearing Horse of Hannover

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