Medal - Wilhelm II Opening of the North Sea and Baltic Sea canal

Features

Location	Germany - 1871-1948
Emperor	Wilhelm II (1888-1918)
Type	Commemorative medals › Inauguration medal
Year	1895
Currency	Medals - German Empire (1871-1918)
Composition	Silver
Weight	13.57 g
Diameter	34.6 mm
Shape	Round
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 264565 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	NOK# 1895-31 b, Werner Kahle; 2014. Numisnautische Gedenkprägungen zum Nord-Ostsee-Kanal : Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal, Kiel-Canal (6th edition). Werner Kahle, Hamburg, Germany. Lange# 1384, 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. MCV# 30 Ernst Joachim Fürsen and Manfred Jessen-Klingenberg; 1985. Mitteilungen des Canal-Vereins. Canal-Verein e.V., Rendsburg, Germany.

Series: Opening of the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal

Obverse

Emperor's bust right.

Lettering: GOTT BESCHÜTZE UNSERN KAISER WILHELM II

Reverse

7-line inscription

Lettering: ZUM // ANDENKEN // AN DIE FEIERLICHE // ERÖFFNUNG DES // NORD-OSTSEE-KANALS // KIEL 19. JUNI // 1895

Edge

Reeded

Mint

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Numista Rarity index: 97

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