Art medal - Viel Glück

Features

Location	Germany (1871-1948)
Type	Art medals
Year	1906
Composition	Bronze
Weight	119.15 g
Diameter	80 mm
Shape	Octagonal (8-sided)
Technique	Milled
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 394882
References	Heidemann# 1176 Martin Heidemann; 1998. Medaillenkunst in Deutschland von 1895 bis 1914 / Band 8 = Medallic Art in Germany from 1895 to 1914. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medaillenkunst, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany. , Datow# 57 Joachim Datow; 1988. Die Erneuerung der Medaille in der Zeit des Jugendstils / Volume 28 = The Renewal of the Medal in the Art Nouveau Period. Numismatische Gesellschaft, Speyer, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. , Salaschek# 94 Sunhild Salaschek; 1980. Katalog der Medaillen und Plaketten des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts im französischen und deutschen Sprachraum in der Hamburger Kunsthalle / Volume 1: Text. Hamburgr Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany.

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Obverse

Female figure seated on a throne, holding two cornucopia's.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
VIEL GLÜCK
RUDOLF BOSSELT
.HITL.

Engraver: Rudolf Bosselt

Reverse

Sun in inner square, signs of the Zodiac surrounding.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
DER SONNE GLANZ DAS ALL DURCHDRINGT
DES LEBENS EWIGER BORN
SO EWIG NEU DAS GLÜCK ENTSPRINGT
DER GÖTTIN QUELLENDEM HORN.

Engraver: Rudolf Bosselt

Edge

Plain with inscription.

Script: Latin

Lettering: C.POELLATH / SCHROBENHAUSEN.

Mint

Carl Poellath Münz- und Prägewerk, Schrobenhausen, Germany (1778-date)

Comments

Katalog der Großen Berliner Kunstausstellung 1892h

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (1906)

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