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 Posted 04/12/2025  8:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very interesting addition, Hondo Boguss!
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Thank you, Errers!

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I use one of those every year to plug in my Christmas lights. No problems yet.
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German medal by Drentwett. Bavaria, 1863.

Tin medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Befreiungshalle at Kelheim in 1813 which was built to honor the German victory over Napoleon in the Befreiungskriege.

For the composition, the German sources mainly say "Zinn" - tin - or sometimes "Weißmetall" - white metal. In this case, I'll go with tin since it seems to be the more common term used.

41mm, 26.0g. Wittelsbach 2697 var. The attachment loop is missing (not uncommon since it was poorly attached.)

The German used here has older forms, e.g. "Teutschen" for "Deutschen", "nothwendig" for "notwendig" and the use of "möchten" instead of "mögen" in the subjunctive/optative mood (as in English expressions like "May the Force be with you!" or "May you live for a hundred years!")

That being said, my German translation of the reverse inscription is a bit more poetic than literal.

Obv: The Befreiungshalle (Liberation Hall) monument building.
Den Teutschen Befreiungskämpfern / König Ludwig / MDCCCLXIII
The German liberation fighters / King Ludwig / 1863

Rev: A wreath of two laurel branches enclosing text.
Möchten die Teutschen nie vergessen was den Befreiungskampf nothwendig machte und wodurch sie gesiegt
May the Germans never forget why the War of Liberation was needed and that which made them victorious

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Nice addition and great info, paralyse.
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Nice addition and good information, paralyse.
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I got this today, but I don't know what it is. It's big though. 40mm diameter, 25.54 grams, and 3.5mm thick.
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Nice acquisition, ANAcoincollector.
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A nice example, ANAcoincollector.
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This year's Memorial Day medal from the National WWII Museum in NOLA.

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Fantastic medal, jbuck!
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Thank you, Hondo. I look forward to a new one every year.
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