The half-length portraits of Emperor Wilhelm II, Emperor Franz Joseph and King Wilhelm II arranged in a triangle, with the state coat of arms between laurel branches in front of the first two. Above in the field the Württemberg coat of arms between laurel and oak branches, below the Stuttgart coat of arms between ears of corn and flower and fruit branches.
Obverse lettering
* 5TES DEUTSCHES SÄNGERBUNDESFEST IN
STUTTGART 1896 *
UNTER DEM PROTEKTORAT KÖNIG WILHELMS II.
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
A bard with a lyre can be seen in front of an oak tree on which Germanic weapons are hanging.
Reverse lettering
TREU DEUTSCH / IN SANG UND WORT / VOM
SUEDEN BIS ZUM NORD / DEM VATERLAND ZU / GOTTES EHR / DAS HERZ DEM
/ LIED / DIE HAND ZUR / WEHR
H. DÜRRICH / MOD. und K. S. F.
MAYER & WILHELM STUTTG.
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Stuttgarter Metallwarenfabrik Wilhelm Mayer & Franz Wilhelm e.K., Germany (1861-date)
