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The issue is short-lived as a type; German unification rendered the Baden kreuzer obsolete almost immediately, superseded by the unified Reichsmark system introduced in 1873.
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The issue is short-lived as a type; German unification rendered the Baden kreuzer obsolete almost immediately, superseded by the unified Reichsmark system introduced in 1873.