Marriage of Elisabet Preussen with Carolus Prince Hesse
Marriage of Elisabet Preussen with Carolus Prince Hesse
€312,253.00
Location
Prussia, Kingdom of
Year
1836
Type
Commemorative medals/Personality or portrait
medal
Composition
Silver
Weight
29.13 g
Diameter
42.36 mm
Thickness
2.75 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled (high
relief)
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Plain
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Busts of `Elisabet von Preussen` and `Karl von Hessen und bei Rhein`
Obverse lettering
ELISABET. REG. PRINC. BORVSS. ET
CAROLVS PRINC. HASS. RHEIN.
G. LOOS DIR.
F. KÖNIG FEC. (Translation: Elisabetha Regia Princeps Borussiae et Carolus Princeps Hassiae Rhenanae)
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Allegory of marriage binding wreath of matrimony. Left putto before prussian crowned eagle presenting a (hesse) lily and from right a putto before crowned hesse lion presenting a (prussian) rose.
Reverse lettering
PRINCIPVM AMOR POPVLORVM CONCORDIA
NVPT. AVGVSTOR. CELEBR.
BEROLIN. D. XXII OCTOBR.
MDCCCXXXVI (Translation: Principum amor, populorum concordia Nuptiae Augustorum celebratae Berolini die XXII Octobris MDCCCXXXVI)
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Medallic Mint of Gottfried Bernhard Loos (G. Loos), Berlin, Germany (1812-1879)