Opening of the North Sea and Baltic Sea canal

Opening of the North Sea and Baltic Sea canal - obverseOpening of the North Sea and Baltic Sea canal - reverse

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Features

Location Germany (1871-1948)
Type Commemorative medals › Inauguration medal
Year 1895
Composition Brass
Weight 11.10 g
Diameter 30 mm
Shape Round with a loop
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
199331
References MCV# 45,
Ernst Joachim Fürsen and Manfred Jessen-Klingenberg; 1985. Mitteilungen des Canal-Vereins. Canal-Verein e.V., Rendsburg, Germany.
Lange# 1400,
Christian Christoph Andreas Lange; 1908. Sammlung schleswig-holsteinischer Münzen und Medaillen / Band 1. Schauenburgische Herzöge und Grafen in Schleswig-Holstein vor 1460. Bahlke, Berlin, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.
NOK# 53
Werner Kahle; 2014. Numisnautische Gedenkprägungen zum Nord-Ostsee-Kanal : Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal, Kiel-Canal (6th edition). Werner Kahle, Hamburg, Germany.

Commemorative issue

Opening of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal in 1895

Series: Opening of the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal

Obverse

View of the canal with ships and with bridge above.

Script: Latin

Lettering: HOCHBRÜCKE

Reverse

4-line inscription between two stars within oak wreath.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ANDENKEN
VOM
NORD-OSTSEE
KANAL

Edge

Plain

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1895 

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