Herter, Ernst and Otto Schultz: Opening of the Kiel Canal

M-1919-14

On a laurel branch, the bust of William I in uniform with epaulettes and medal bar facing right. Around his neck he wears the Pour le Mérite medal and the collar of the House Order of Hohenzollern. On the left, the bust of Frederick III in armour with two medals around his neck facing right. On the right, the bust of William II in uniform with epaulettes and cordon facing left. He wears medals and a collar around his neck. On the left is the escutcheon of Prussian in front of an oak branch and on the right is that of the House of Hohenzollern in front of a laurel branch. Below is the crowned coat of arms of the German Empire in front of palm branches.

beg: 1887 * NORD-OSTSEE-CANAL * 1895 volld:. Two mermaids are holding hands (dextrarum iunctio). The one on the left, seen from behind, is wearing a ship's crown and holding a harpoon, with a lobster on her hip and a seal under her tail fin. The one on the right is wearing a wreath, a necklace and a net over her arm. There is a lighthouse on each side of the edge, and two seagulls are flying above. In the exergue the escutcheon of Schleswig-Holstein, there is a wreath of oak and laurel branches, an anchor and a caduceus, with a banner bearing the inscription NAVIGARE - NEGESSE EST. On the exergue line are the signatures E. HERTER SC. - O SCHULTZ F.

S. Salaschek, Katalog der Medaillen und Plaketten des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts im französischen und deutschen Sprachraum in der Hamburger Kunsthalle (1980) Nr. 713; Jahresbericht der Kunsthalle zu Hamburg für 1919 S. 13; U. Köcke (Bearb.), Katalog der Medaillen und Plaketten des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts in der Kunsthalle Bremen (1975) S. 73 Abb. 194 u. 195; M. Heidemann, Medaillenkunst in Deutschland von 1895-1914 in: W. Steguweit (Hrsg.), Die Kunstmedaille in Deutschland 8 (1998) S. 324 Nr. 1069 (dieses Stück erwähnt).

Medals, 19th century post 1830

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