@YQQ said:
I says : international exhibition for electro technic in Frankfurt / main ( then west germany)
Actually, since the exhibition took place in 1891, it was not then West Germany, but Imperial Germany. "West Germany" was the Federal Republic of Germany (with its capital in Bonn); that relatively short-lived division from 1949 until German reunification in 1990.
Thasks guys, I did see that info online but unable to find any information on the medal itself. I really like the design and even did an image search and nothing...
Also this Bibliography
points to a thesis, which might be helpful
AUGUSTIN, Ines: Die Medaillen und Plaketten der großen Weltausstellungen 1851-1904.
Ph.D. Thesis, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), 1985.
Very cool. One of many medals issued for scientific, industrial, and similar expositions in Germany (and elsewhere) in the 1800s. The figure on the reverse is Germania, the personification of Germany, surrounded by elements of medicine, science, industry, technology, the arts, and commerce. The laurels that Germania is holding denote victory or triumph in these fields. We see an anvil, a machinery cog, a caduceus, a ship's anchor, a globe, a bale and a cask, an engine, railroad tracks on an arched bridge, a telescope, etc.
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I says : international exhibition for electro technic in Frankfurt / main ( then west germany)
Actually, since the exhibition took place in 1891, it was not then West Germany, but Imperial Germany. "West Germany" was the Federal Republic of Germany (with its capital in Bonn); that relatively short-lived division from 1949 until German reunification in 1990.
Thasks guys, I did see that info online but unable to find any information on the medal itself. I really like the design and even did an image search and nothing...
Apparently there is a book published in 1991 about the exhibition:
Eine neue Zeit! Die Internationale Elektrotechnische Ausstellung 1891
If you speak German, it might be worth it - the table of contents lists medals (Medaillen) in the chapter on Publicity
Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
Also this Bibliography
points to a thesis, which might be helpful
AUGUSTIN, Ines: Die Medaillen und Plaketten der großen Weltausstellungen 1851-1904.
Ph.D. Thesis, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), 1985.
Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
Thanks! I don't speak German but I am still going to check those links out when I can get to a desktop computer.
Very cool. One of many medals issued for scientific, industrial, and similar expositions in Germany (and elsewhere) in the 1800s. The figure on the reverse is Germania, the personification of Germany, surrounded by elements of medicine, science, industry, technology, the arts, and commerce. The laurels that Germania is holding denote victory or triumph in these fields. We see an anvil, a machinery cog, a caduceus, a ship's anchor, a globe, a bale and a cask, an engine, railroad tracks on an arched bridge, a telescope, etc.