17th Association Shooting Competition Gießen - Ernst Ludwig

Features

Location	Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse-Darmstadt, German States)
Grand duke	Ernest Louis (Ernst Ludwig) (1892-1918)
Type	Exhibition, fair and festival medals › Shooting medals and thalers
Year	1899
Composition	Silver
Weight	27.99 g
Diameter	39.2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 534613
References	KaiserSchu# 1b Bernd Kaiser; 2014. Schützenmedaillen / Volume 3. Self-published, Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. , Slg. Peltzer# 1200 Adolph E. Cahn (publisher); 1926. Sammlung Richard F. Peltzer: I. Freimaurermedaillen und Freimaurerzeichen; II. Schießmünzen und Schützenmedaillen, Jagdmünzen u. - Medaillen; III. Verkehr, Medaillen und Münzen auf Eisenbahnbauten, Schiffahrt, Brücken, Straßenbau etc. = Richard F. Peltzer Collection. Adolph E. Cahn, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.

Obverse

Uniformed bust facing left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ERNST LUDWIG GROSHERZOG VON HESSEN PROTEKTOR

Reverse

City view of Giessen with sunrise, in exergue a target with flagpole, rifle, hat and oak branches to sides.

Script: Latin

Lettering: XVII. VERBANDS-SCHIESSEN GIESSEN 1899

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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1899

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