Medal - Opening of the North Sea and Baltic Sea canal

Features

Location	France
Type	Commemorative medals › Inauguration medal
Year	1895
Composition	Brass
Weight	15.06 g
Diameter	34.4 mm
Shape	Round with a loop
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 264699 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	NOK# 1895-32 d1, Werner Kahle; 2014. Numisnautische Gedenkprägungen zum Nord-Ostsee-Kanal : Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal, Kiel-Canal (6th edition). Werner Kahle, Hamburg, Germany. Lange# 1388, 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# 34 Ernst Joachim Fürsen and Manfred Jessen-Klingenberg; 1985. Mitteilungen des Canal-Vereins. Canal-Verein e.V., Rendsburg, Germany.

Commemorative issue

Participation of the french navy for the opening of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal in 1895

Series: Opening of the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal

Obverse

Anchor with rope within laurel wreath.

Lettering: QUE DIEU PROTÈGE LA MARINE FRANÇAISE

Reverse

7-line inscription.

Lettering: SOUVENIR DE L' // INAUGURATION // DU CANAL DE LA // MER DU NORD // À LA BALTIQUE. // KIEL. 19 JUIN // 1895

Edge

Plain

Mint

See also

• Anchor

• Medal - Opening of the North Sea and Baltic Sea canal

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Numista Rarity index: 97

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