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Award medal - Trade fair of German shoemakers' guilds Cologne

Location Germany (1871-1948)
Year 1895
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Obverse description A large double-headed eagle in high relief dominates the field, bearing a shield on its chest with a shoemakers' guild emblem. The legend runs along the upper periphery within a rope border, with the engraver's signature F. DIETZ and the date 1895 appearing in the lower field.
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Reverse description A standing allegorical female figure in classical drapery occupies the central field, holding a laurel wreath in her outstretched left hand and supporting the heraldic shield of Cologne with her right. To the left of the architectural backdrop a caduceus is depicted, and to the right a cogwheel with craft tools, symbolising trade and industry. The legend arcs across the upper border.
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