Baden issued this gulden for the first unified German shooting festival held in Stuttgart in 1867 — a politically charged event staged just one year after the Austro-Prussian War reshuffled the German states. Baden had sided with Austria in that conflict and lost, leaving it diplomatically isolated. Participation in the festival was, for Baden, a calculated gesture toward the North German Confederation that Bismarck was rapidly consolidating.
KM#249 is a one-year type with no circulation function; it was sold to participants as a souvenir. Most survivors show minimal wear for exactly that reason.
Baden issued this gulden for the first unified German shooting festival held in Stuttgart in 1867 — a politically charged event staged just one year after the Austro-Prussian War reshuffled the German states. Baden had sided with Austria in that conflict and lost, leaving it diplomatically isolated. Participation in the festival was, for Baden, a calculated gesture toward the North German Confederation that Bismarck was rapidly consolidating.
KM#249 is a one-year type with no circulation function; it was sold to participants as a souvenir. Most survivors show minimal wear for exactly that reason.