Life Saving Medal, Type II

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SKU: 02.SXC.0111.101.01.000

Estimated market value:

$1,600 USD

  • Life Saving Medal, Type II Obverse
  • Life Saving Medal, Type II Reverse

Estimated market value:

$1,600 USD

Attributes

  • Country
    Germany
  • Composition
    Silver
  • Inscription
    Obv: ALFRED HERZOG VON SACHSEN COBURG UND GOTHA Rev: FÜR RETTUNG VON MENSCHENLEBEN
  • Size
    28mm
  • Image Licensing
    The image of the Life Saving Medal, Type II is attributed to Andreas Thies, Catalog 47, December 17, 2011. Please see the following page for more information: https://www.andreas-thies.de/onTEAM/grafik/A47_193_224.pdf

Physical Description and Item Details


A smooth circular medal with a raised border, constructed of silver. The obverse features the right-facing portrait Duke Alfred with the circular inscription ‘ALFRED HERZOG VON SACHSEN COBURG UND GOTHA’. Below the neck is the manufacturer’s signature ‘LAUER’. To the right of the eyelet is a silver mark in the form of a crescent, a crown, and the number ‘0,990’. The reverse features a rue wreath, with the inscription ‘FÜR RETTUNG VON MENSCHENLEBEN’ (‘for saving of human lives’) in the centre. On a loop for suspension, on a green ribbon with narrow white side stripes.
A variant with the silver mark ‘SILBER 990’ exists.

History


The Life Saving Medal, Type II was instituted by Duke Alfred of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha in 1895, informally without statutes. It was awarded to those who had saved others from mortal danger by risking their own lives.

The medal was manufactured by L. Chr. Lauer in Nuremberg.

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