100th anniversary of the Royal Building Academy - Royal Institute of Technology Berlin

€400,149.00
LocationPrussia, Kingdom of
Year1899
TypeCommemorative medals/Historical medal
CompositionBronze
Weight178.03 g
Diameter72.9 mm
Thickness
ShapeOctagonal (8-sided)
TechniqueMilled
Orientation
Edge
Period
NoticeAugust Vogel
Reference(s) Heidemann#785
Obverse descriptionA female figure with a compass in her right hand and a male figure with a hammer on the anvil, both with bare upper bodies flanking a tablet from the front and shaking hands above it, under laurel branches, in the middle above the tablet there is an Ionic column capital framed by laurel branches Gearwheel, behind a parapet in the background a factory and railway bridges.
Obverse letteringKOENIGLICHE BAUAKADEMIE 1799 BERLIN 1899 KOENIGLICHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHVLE AVOGEL FC.
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionWithin a circle in the middle is a small Pallas Athene - head from the front surrounded by scrollwork decoration, in the spandrels of the beveled corners laurel branches.
Reverse letteringDER KOENIGLICHEN TECHNISCHEN HOCHSCHULE DER KULTUSMINISTER
Reverse scriptLatin
EngraverBerliner Medaillen-Münze Otto Oertel, Germany (1887-1938)
Mintage1899  - -
Catalog ID5353335060
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