Wilhelm I, Frederick III and Wilhelm II Opening of the North Sea and Baltic Sea canal; Prussia
Features
| Location |
Germany (1871-1948)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
William II (1888-1918)
|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals |
| Year | 1895 |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 17.28 g |
| Diameter | 36 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 154182 |
| References | NOK# 61b Werner Kahle; 2014. Numisnautische Gedenkprägungen zum Nord-Ostsee-Kanal: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal, Kiel-Canal (6th Edition). Self-published, Hamburg, Germany. Emil Bahrfeldt. Die Münzen- und Medaillen-Sammlung in der Marienburg. Verlag des Vereins für die Herstellung und Ausschmückung der Marienburg, Gdańsk, Poland (7 volumes). Ernst Joachim Fürsen, Manfred Jessen-Klingenberg; 1985. Mitteilungen des Canal-Vereins / Volume 6. Canal-Verein, Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.Christian Christoph Andreas Lange. Sammlung schleswig-holsteinischer Münzen und Medaillen. Bahlke, Berlin, Germany (2 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
Opening of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal in 1895
Series: Opening of the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal
Obverse
Three busts facing right, laurel branch below.
Script: Latin
Lettering: BEGONNEN UNTER WILHELM I 1887 * VOLLENDET UNTER WILHELM II 1895*
Reverse
Ship passing through a canal under a bridge.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
DURCH DAS MEERUMSCHLUNGENE LAND // EINST ERKLANG'S IM DEUTSCHEN LIEDE // TRÄGT NUN STOLZER MASTEN REIHN // DEUTSCHE FLUT OB KAMPF OB FRIEDE.
NORD-OSTSEE-KANAL
Mint
Stuttgarter Metallwarenfabrik Wilhelm Mayer & Franz Wilhelm e.K., Germany (1861-date)See also
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