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1 Kreuzer - Frederick I Victory over France
| Issuer | Baden |
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| Year | 1871 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The central field contains a five-line inscription reading KRIEG / SIEG UND / FRIEDEN / 1870 / 1871, commemorating the war, victory, and peace of the Franco-Prussian War. The legend AN DES VEREINTEN DEUTSCHLANDS encircles the inscription along the periphery. The design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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This kreuzer was struck to mark Prussia's decisive defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War, which ended in May 1871 with the Treaty of Frankfurt and the proclamation of the German Empire at Versailles just months earlier. Baden had been among the first southern German states to ally with Prussia during the conflict, making Frederick I's participation something more than ceremonial — Baden troops fought at Wörth and Sedan.
The issue is short-lived as a type; German unification rendered the Baden kreuzer obsolete almost immediately, superseded by the unified Reichsmark system introduced in 1873.