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1 Gulden - Louis III Pressefreiheit
| Issuer | Hesse-Darmstadt |
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| Year | 1848 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Ludwig (Louis III), hereditary grand duke and co-regent of Hesse, facing left, rendered in high relief with fine detail to the hair and facial features. The surrounding legend reads LUDWIG ERBGROSH. U. MITREGENT V. HESSEN, arranged along the inner edge of the toothed border. |
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| Reverse description | Plain field bearing six lines of inscribed text listing the constitutional freedoms proclaimed on 6 March 1848, separated by decorative star ornaments above and a pointing-hand ornament below. The legends read PRESSFREIHEIT / VOLKSBEWAFFNUNG / SCHWURGERICHT / RELIGIONSFREIHEIT / DEUTSCHES PARLAMENT / 6. MÄRZ 1848, enclosed within a toothed border. The design is purely typographic, with no figural elements, serving as a political commemorative of the revolutionary reforms granted during the German Spring of Nations. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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