Need help with coin and medal identification

a nice 1859 1 cent US

 

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An 1895 Austrian 10 Heller km2802...pretty worn, not worth much. but I like the type.

 

Please Drusus put all these excellent infomation on your site. Your site is one of the more unusual sites I have seen and it will be a darn shame if you just leave it as it is. Some are extermely well researched and I honestly how like you structure them. Keep it going!

 

a hamburg 4 schilling...not worth a whole lot in this condition but cool.

 

Thanks!! They will be on my site when I am done.

I have edited a bit of info here on the advice of my mother...I think my grandfather was a true hero but some of the info might have painted him in a questionable light...I dont think so...it was a long time ago...but anyway.

 

Obv: XXVI MARTYR IB IAPONIIS MICHAELI DE SANCTIS CONF MAIORES CAELIT HONOR ADTRIBUTI



Rev: EPISCOPIS EX ORBE UNIVERSO QUI APOSTOLICAE SEDIS IURIBUS PROPUGNATIS RE ROMANA UBIQUE DEFENSA PII IX PONT MAX DESIDERIO OBSEQUUTI EIDE M VI ID IUN AN MDCCCLXII CAELESTES HONORES SANCTIS NOVENSILIBUS DECERNENTI ADFUERE CIVES ROMANI PATRIBUS ET ADSERTORIBUS CATHOLICI NOMINIS (SMALL: B ZACCAGNINI RQ TORQ PROIT)

This is a very large silver medal, seems like it has a catholic pontif theme...maybe someone who knows latin a bit better than me can translate it better than I can...I think it is refering to Pope Puis IX...I have found other pontifical medals by an R. Zaccagnini for Puis IX.

http://cgi.befr.ebay.be/ANCIENT-PAPAL-MEDAL-Pope-Pius-IX_W0QQitemZ130100630345QQihZ003QQcategoryZ3454QQcmdZViewItem
^^ what appears to be a zaccagnini medal

 

In the font used on that medal, the K and the R look fairly similar. I'd say the text is "Der Herr ist der rechte Kriegsmann, Herr ist sein Name" which means something like "The Lord is the right man of war, Lord is his name". Guess that is from the Bible. That medal was made not only 100 years after the battle of Leipzig, but also one year before WW1 began ...

Christian

 

ah yes...you are right...those are R's...many thanks! Makes much more sense... Since I am using this thread to gather the info, I have made the corrections to the original post...

 

Obv: Leopold Grosherzog Von Baden (Leopold Grand Duke of Baden)

Rev: fur fleiss und sittlichkeit (for diligence and morality)

Grosherzoglich badische garnisons schule (Grand Ducal garrison school of Baden?)

signed by W. Doell

 

Last one for the night



Obv: AUGUSTA DEUTSCHE KAISERIN KONIGIN VON PREUSSEN (Augusta German Empress Queen of Prussia)

Rev: INTERNATIONALE GARTENBAU-AUSSTELLUNG ZU COLN 1875 (international Gardening Exposition at Coln [Cologne] 1872)

UNTER DEM PROTECTORAT I.M. DER KAISERIN UND KONIGIN UND S.K.K.H. DES KRONPRINZEN (under the Protectorate I.M (?) the Empress and Queen and S.K.K.H (?) of the Crown Prince)

It seems Princess Augusta Louisa Katherine of Saxe-Weimar and Queen of Prussia and German Empress (September 30, 1811 - January 7, 1890), wife of Wilhelm I, had a gardening party and minted up some commemorative medals



I assume the Crown Prince mentioned is Frederick III

 

Drusus,yes,the Crown Prince that is mentioned is King Friedrich III of Prussia,Kaiser of Germany.

Here's an article; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor .

Aidan.

 

I.M. = Ihre Majestät
S.K.K.H. = Seine Kaiserliche und Königliche Hochheit

Under the Protectorate of Her Majesty the Empress and Queen and of His Imperial and Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

 

About the "Catholic" medal with the Latin inscriptions: I suppose this is a medal honoring the canonization of St. Michael de Sanctis and the 26 martyrs of Japan by pope Pius IX. The canonization took place on June 6th 1862.

 

Cool, thanks...I am leaving that one for last, gonna try to translate every word but that much latin is tough for me...

here is another, no date on this very large one unfortunately





forchte gott ehret den konig (Fear God Honor the King)

Thu(v)e Recht Schev Niemand (Thu(v)e? law dread no one)

 

Obv: Alex Carl Herzog U. Friederike Kerzogin U. Mitregentin V. Anhalt (Alexander Karl Duke U. Friedrik Duchess U. [mitregentin?] V. Anhault)

Rev: fur verdienst hm kunst und wissenschaft an caroline bardua 1857 ( For Services to His Majesty Arts and Science an[?] Caroline Bardua 1857)

Now I am guessing this is either a medal awarded to the artist Caroline Bardua or a medal named in horour of her...

Cant find much in english about her, she seems to have been a rather talented painter though.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Bardua



Not completely sure who the Duke Alexander Carl is...

maybe:

Karl August Wilhelm Nicolaus Alexander Michael Bernhard Heinrich Frederick Stefan, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

 

Drusus,there was a Duke Alexander Carl who was the last monarch of Anhalt-Bernburg.

Here's an article; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhalt-Bernburg .

Aidan.

 

Ah, 1834-1863 Alexander Charles, thats probably him...cant find much info on him.

 

Old style German. The first word is spelled "fürchte" today, but your translation is right anyway. And "thue" would be "tue" or just "tu" now, so that means "do right" ...

Christian

 

These are really nice. :thumb:


Thanks for posting them.

 

Yep, "Alex(ander) Carl Herzog u(nd) Friederike Herzogin u(nd) Mitregentin v(on) Anhalt" = Alexander Carl Duke and Friederike Duchess and Co-Regent of Anhalt. On the other side it says "Für Verdienst um Kunst und Wissenschaft an Caroline Bardua 1857" = For merits in arts and science to C.B. ... So that medal was awarded to Bardua, it seems.

Christian