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Medal - Victory over France and unification of Germany
| Location | Germany (1871-1948) |
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| Year | 1871 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Standing figure of Germania in classical robes, facing left, holding a downward-pointed sword in her left hand and resting her right hand on a large heraldic shield bearing the Imperial eagle. An Imperial crown and scepter rest on a rocky outcrop to her right. The legend curves around the upper field within a beaded border, with the engraver's signature L. LAUER visible in the lower field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Eighteen lines of commemorative inscription in the field, listing the principal German military victories and capitulations of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, all enclosed within a laurel wreath tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The whole is surrounded by a beaded border. |
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