THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL "1863" 50TH ANNIVERSARY "HALL OF LIBERATION" MEDAL SEEN !
COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BAVARIA'S LIBERATION FROM THE ARMY'S OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE!
THIS PIECE WAS PRESENTED AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE "HALL OF LIBERATION" 1863!
THIS SPECIMEN IS AN ORIGINAL 1863 MEDAL BY DRENTWETT, NOT THE 1913 LATTER RESTRIKES!
THE "FINEST" & "ONLY ONE" AT BOTH NGC & PCGS !
PCGS SP65BN ! "TOP POP"
CATALOG: WITTELSBACHER-2697 BRONZE, ORIGINAL 1863
OBVERSE SIGNED: "DRENTWETT" & "AE. MMERER.F"
OBVERSE:
HIGHLY DETAILED 3-D LIKE "HALL OF LIBERATION"
"Den Teutschen Befreiungskämpfern" - English: "The Teutonic Liberation Fighters"
"König Ludwig" - English: "King Ludwig"
"MDCCCLXIII" (1863)
REVERSE:
"Möchten Die Teutschen nie vergessen,was den Befreiungskampf nothwendig machte und wodurch sie gesiegt"
English:
"Do not Forget the Teutons, what made the liberation struggle necessary and what made them victorious"
HOUSED, IN A PRISTINE PCGS "SECURE GOLD SHIELD" SP65BN HOLDER !
BOLDLY STRUCK ON A LARGE 40MM POLISHED BRONZE PLANCHET, NICE MIRRORS !
AN INTERESTING SIDE NOTE: PCGS HAS ASSIGNED A DATE OF 1850 TO THIS PIECE, NOT SURE WHAT THE REASONING, OR IF IT'S SIMPLY AN "ERROR". SOME WOULD SAY IT MAKES THIS ALSO A PCGS "ERROR" PIECE, THAT BRINGS WITH IT ANOTHER COLLECTIBLE CATEGORY THAT THIS OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL PIECE HAS GOING FOR IT.
SUPERB MASTER NUMISMATIC DIE WORK BY MEDALIST "SEBALD DRENTWETT"
PRESENTING BEAUTIFUL MIRRORED-LIKE FIELDS WHICH GIVE THE 3-D LIKE RAISED DEVICES A CAMEO-LIKE EFFECT, SIMPLY GORGEOUS!
An excerpt of Hall of Liberation History:
"King ludwig I of Bavaria ordered the Befreiungshalle to be built in order to commemorate the victories against Napoleon during the Wars of Liberation that lasted from 1813 to 1815.
The construction was started in 1842 by Friedrich von Gartner in a mixture of Neoclassical and Christian styles. It occurred on Michelsberg, in a place previously occupied by a part of the ruins of a pre-historic fortification or town, thought by some to have been Alcimoennis. At the behest of the King, Leo von Klenze later altered the plans and completed the building in 1863. The ceremonial opening took place on 18 October 1863 – the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Nations (Völkerschlacht) near Leipzig.
The following dictum by King Ludwig I, embedded into the marble floor, commemorates the occasion of the construction of the Befreiungshalle:
- MOECHTEN
- DIE TEUTSCHEN
- NIE VERGESSEN WAS
- DEN BEFREIUNGSKAMPF
- NOTHWENDIG MACHTE
- UND WODURCH SIE
- GESIEGT.
- (May
- the Germans
- never forget what
- made necessary
- the Struggle for Freedom
- and by what means they
- won.)
This inscription of dedication is to be found above the ornamented door frame of the entrance portal:
- DEN TEUTSCHEN
- BEFREIUNGSKAEMPFERN
- LUDWIG I
- KOENIG VON BAYERN
- (To the German
- Liberation Fighters
- Ludwig I
- King of Bavaria)"
PCGS CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| PCGS # | 668219.65/34968360 |
| Date, mintmark | 1850 |
| Denomination | Medal |
| Variety | Witt-2697 Bronze |
| Country | Bavaria |
| Grade | SP65BN |
| Holder Type | PCGS Gold Shield |
| Population | 1 |
| Pop Higher | 0 |
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