Medal - 100th Birthday of the Emperor Wilhelm I

Medal - 100th Birthday of the Emperor Wilhelm I - obverseMedal - 100th Birthday of the Emperor Wilhelm I - reverse

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Features

Location Germany (1871-1948)
Type Award medals › Miscellaneous award
Year 1897
Composition Bronze
Weight 32.83 g
Diameter 40 mm
Thickness 3.6 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
72533

Commemorative issue

100th Birthday of the Emperor Wilhelm I

Obverse

Portrait Wilhelm I. jacket with spiked helmet.

Lettering:
WILHELM
DER
GROSSE
DEUTSCHE
KAISER

KOENIG
VON
PREUSSEN

Engraver: Walter Schott

Reverse

A pillow with imperial crown, sword an orb surrounded by oak leaves and twining Lorbeerzweig.

Lettering:
ZUM ANDENKEN
AN DEN
HUNDERTSTEN GEBURTSTAG
DES GROSSEN KAISERS
WILHELM I.
1797 – 22.MAERZ – 1897

Edge

Plain

Comments

Bekannt als Zentenarmedaille (siehe Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zentenarmedaille)


There is also a smaller (16.5 mm) version of this medal

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1897 

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