` I FEEL ENCOURAGED IN MY TASK WHEN I
SEE THAT WISE
AND CAPABLE MEN SUCH AS ARE GATHERED HERE DO
JUSTICE TO THE EARNESTNESS AND HONESTY OF
MY INTENTIONS.`
WILHELM II. DEUTSCHER KAISER
`MY AIM IS ABOVE ALL THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE FOR
PEACE ALONE CAN GIVE THE CONFIDENCE WHICH IS NECESSARY
TO THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE, OF ART AND OF TRADE.`
GUILDHALL, JULY, 10. 1891.
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
View of the Exhibition building
Reverse lettering
GERMAN EXHIBITION
LONDON 1891.
PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT.
JOHN R. WHITLEY
GRUNDER & ORGANISATOR
NATIONALER AUSTELLUNGEN IN LONDON. (Translation: Palm who has deserved it Founder and organizer of national exhibitions in London.)
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Stuttgarter Metallwarenfabrik Wilhelm Mayer & Franz Wilhelm e.K., Germany (1861-date)
