Medal - City of Karlovac Silver

Medal - City of Karlovac (Silver) - obverseMedal - City of Karlovac (Silver) - reverse

© Croatian Money Institute

Features

Location Croatia
Period Republic (1991-date)
Type Commemorative medals › Historical medal
Year 2009
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 24.0 g
Diameter 37.0 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
295306

Obverse

The original six-pointed star-shaped fortress of Karlovac.
To the left of the fortress, initials of the designer Damir Mataušić, academic sculptor ('DM'). To the right of the fortress year of issue ('09.).
The fortress is surrounded by four stripes representing four rivers; Kupa, Korana, Mrežnica and Dobra.
To the left, the year of founding of the fortress Karlovac (1579.). To the right, the year of the affirmation, with an official charter by King Joseph II, of city of Karlovac as free town (1781.).

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GRAD
KARLOVAC
1579.
1781.
DM '09.

Translation:
City of Karlovac
1579
1781
DM '09

Designer: Damir Mataušić

Reverse

The coat of arms of the city of Karlovac - the historical coat of arms of the Free Royal City of Karlovac.
Oval shield divided into three fields. On the upper left - the historical seal of the kingdom of Croatia. On the upper right - two crossed anchors, symbols of the harbor. On the lower half -landscape showing the fortified city of Karlovac on a hill between two conjoining rivers Kupa and Korana, in the chief are the sun and the crescent. In the middle of this large shield one can find a small crest with initials of Joseph II. Over the whole crest stands a folk crown. Two mermaids on the left and right hold up the mantle of the crest from both sides.

Designer: Damir Mataušić

Edge

Smooth

Mint

Croatian Mint (Hrvatska kovnica novca), Sveta Nedelja, Zagreb County, Croatia (1993-date)

Comments

The Austrians built Karlovac from scratch in 1579. in order to strengthen their southern defenses against Ottoman encroachments. The city was named after its founder, Charles II, Archduke of Austria. The German original name was Karlstadt or Carlstadt ("Charlestown").
The coat of arms was granted by King Joseph II on 8th October 1781.


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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
2009  Proof

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