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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stlnats, post: 2534564, member: 41066&quot;]It&#039;s most likely a medal but is of 1 1/2 taler weight (as I recall).&nbsp; On the obverse is Friedrich Wilhelm the &quot;Great Elector&quot;&nbsp; of Brandenburg on horseback.&nbsp; The reverse recalls the roman type &quot;Felicitas Publica&quot;&nbsp; or public happiness/good fortune an obvious reference to FW&#039;s efforts.</p><p><br /></p><p>I received a translation of the legends and what seems to me to be a very reasonable explanation some years ago.&nbsp; The medal seems to commemorate FW&#039;s participation in both the informal meetings by the HRE electors and subsequent Reichstag meeting at the end of 1652 which formally adopted and ratified the (until then temporary) Peace of Westfalen ending the 30 Years War.</p><p><br /></p><p>The legend consists of two rhyming lines on each side and is in an archiac dialect which was translated as:</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: &quot;Unser Churfuerst wieder Kuemmet , und sich seines Landts annimmet &quot;&nbsp; =&nbsp; Our Elector &quot;rides off&quot; again, and ministers to his Domains.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: &quot;Unsers Fuersten wolfarth sehen , ist selbst unser wolergehen&quot;&nbsp; =&nbsp; Seeing to the welfare of our Prince / is in itself our well-being[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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