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FÜR LANDWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LEISTUNGEN
2nd version
1878 - 1902
Low Low Mintage
by Loos of Berlin
42mm
28g
Coin Silver .900
Staatspreis für landwirtschaftliche Leistungen in Silber (2.Stempel)
Die Stiftung der Medaille “Für Landwirtschaftliche Leistungen” und “Für Verdienst um die Landwirtschaft” geht bis ins Jahr 1845 zurück, wo der Staatsminister Graf von Arnim dem König vorschlug 2 Medaillen anfertigen zu lassen. Der König Friedrich Wilhelm IV. stiftete per allerhöhsten Erlass am 2. Mai 1845 die 2 Medaillen. Die hier gezeigte Medaille für landwirtschaftliche Leistungen wurde in Silber und Bronze verausgabt. Die Medaillen “Für Verdienst um die Landwirtschaft” trugen auf der Vorderseite das Porträt des Königs und wurden für besondere, nützliche Erfindungen, wissenschaftliche, literarische und sonstige hervorragende Tätigkeiten in der Landwirtschaft verliehen. Diese wurden in Gold durch den König selbst und in Silber durch den Minister für Landwirtschaft (ab 1848) verliehen. Die hier gezeigte Staatspreismedaille wurde in 3 Varianten geprägt. Die 1. Variante von 1847 – 1877 hat auf der Vorderseite unten neben der Ceres die Herstellerbezeichnung links – LOOS D.- und rechts der Stempelschneider – SCHILLING F.-. Die Rückseite am Rand mit Stempelschneider – KERWIEN F.-. Die 2. Variante wurde, nach verbrauchten Stempeln, von 1878 – 1902 vergeben. Unterscheidungsmerkmal sind die fehlenden Signaturen der Stempelschneider Schilling und Kerwien. Beide Varianten haben auf der Rückseite das Wort – Landwirthschaft – mit -th -. Nach der Rechtschreibreform 1902 wurde die 3. Variante angefertigt. Das Herstellerzeichen – LOOS D. – wanderte auf die Rückseite und das Wort Landwirtschaft wird jetzt mit – t – geschrieben. Die Fertigung wurde während der gesamten Verleihungszeit durch die Firma Medaillenmünze Loos Berlin übernommen. Die Prägezahlen werden waage mit 1.500 für die 1. Variante, 2.500 für die 2. und 2.000 für die 3. Variante jeweils für Silber und Bronze zusammen angegeben.
Runde Medaille aus Silber mit erhöhtem Rand.
Vorderseite:
Am Rand ein breiter Ring der in 12 Felder unterteilt ist.
In den 12 Feldern Abbildungen der unterschiedlichsten landwirtschaftlichen Bereiche.
Im eingeschlossenen Feld stehend die Ceres(röm. Göttin des Ackerbaus, der Fruchtbarkeit und der Ehe)
In der Linken einen Stab.Der erchte Arm zeigt zur Seite und trägt einen Ehrenkranz.
Links am inneren Rand neben der Ceres klein – LOOS D. -
Rückseite:
In kleinem Abstand vom Rand ein breiter, dichter Kranz aus Früchten, Korn und Laub.
Im eingeschlossenen Feld die 4-zeilige Schrift: – FÜR -/- LANDWIRTH= -/
- SCHAFTLICHE -/- LEISTUNGEN -.
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LOOSELY TRANSLATED
State price of agricultural achievements in silver
The foundation of the coin "for agricultural services" and "For Merit to agriculture" dates back to 1845, where the Minister of State Count von Arnim to the king suggested to have prepared 2 medals. The King Frederick William IV. Donated by allerhöhsten adoption on 2 May 1845 2 medals. The coin shown here was spent on agricultural services in silver and bronze. The medals "For service to the agriculture" wore on the front a portrait of the king and were for special, useful inventions, scientific, literary and other excellent activities awarded in agriculture. These were awarded to gold by the king himself and in silver by the Minister of Agriculture (1848). The State Prize medal shown here was minted in 3 variants. The 1st version 1847-1877 has on the front bottom next to the Ceres manufacturers name left - LOOS D.- and right of the engraver - SCHILLING F.-. The back rim with engraver - KERWIEN F.-. The second variant was consumed by stamping, 1878-1902 awarded. Distinguishing feature is the lack of signatures of punchcutter Schilling and Kerwien. Both versions have on the back the word - agriculture - with -TH -. After the spelling reform 1902, the 3rd variant was made. The manufacturer's mark - LOOS D. - walked to the back and the word agriculture is now with - written - t. The production was taken over during the entire ceremony time by the Company medal coin Loos Berlin. The numbers are embossed scales with 1,500 for the 1st variant, 2500 for the 2nd and 2,000 given for the 3rd variant each for silver and bronze together.
Round silver medal with a raised rim.
Front:
At the edge of a wide ring is divided into 12 fields.
In the 12 fields images of the most diverse agricultural areas.
In enclosed box, Ceres (Roman Goddess of agriculture, fertility and marriage) standing
In the left arm shows a Stab.Der erchte aside and wearing a laurel wreath.
Links on the inner edge next to the Ceres small - LOOS D. -
Back:
In small distance from the edge of a broad, dense crown of fruit, grain and leaves.
In enclosed box, 4-line signature: - FOR - / - agriculturist = - /
- TIFIC - / - SERVICES -.
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FYI
The German Empire (German: Deutsches Kaiserreich) is the common name given to the state officially named the Deutsches Reich (literally: "German Realm"), designating Germany from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.
The German Empire consisted of 27 constituent territories (most of them ruled by royal families). While the Kingdom of Prussia contained most of the population and most of the territory of the Reich, the Prussian leadership became supplanted by German leaders and Prussia itself played a lesser role. As Dwyer (2005) points out, Prussia's "political and cultural influence had diminished considerably" by the 1890s. Its three largest neighbors were rivals Imperial Russia to the east, France to the west and ally Austria-Hungary to the south.
After 1850, Germany industrialized rapidly, with a foundation in coal, iron (and later steel), chemicals and railways. From a population of 41 million people in 1871, it grew to 68 million in 1913. From a heavily rural nation in 1815, it was now predominantly urban. During its 47 years of existence, the German Empire operated as an industrial, technological and scientific giant, receiving more Nobel Prizes in science than Britain, France, Russia and the United States combined.
It became a great power and its navy went from being negligible to second only behind the Royal Navy in less than a decade. After the removal of the powerful Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in 1890 following the death of Emperor Wilhelm I, the young Emperor Wilhelm II engaged in increasingly reckless foreign policies that left the Empire isolated. Its network of small colonies in Africa and the Pacific paled in comparison to the British and French empires. When the great crisis of 1914 arrived, it had only two weak allies (Austria-Hungary and Ottoman Empire) left. In World War I its plans to quickly capture Paris in 1914 failed and the Western Front (against Britain and France) became a stalemate. The Allied naval blockade made for increasing shortages of food. However, Germany, as a result of the Communists' determination to end Russian involvement in World War I, carved large Eastern territories following the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. German declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare in early 1917 was designed to strangle the British; it failed because of the use of a trans-Atlantic convoy system. But the declaration - along with the Zimmermann Telegram - did bring the United States into the war, with its large reserves of money, food, and soldiers. The high command under Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff increasingly controlled the Reich as they gambled on one last offensive in spring 1918 (before the Americans could arrive in force). It failed and by October the armies were in retreat, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had collapsed, and the German people had lost faith in the political system. The Empire collapsed overnight in the November 1918 Revolution as all the royals abdicated and a republic took over.
Bismarck's post-1871 foreign policy was conservative and sought to preserve the balance of power in Europe. His biggest concern was France, which was left defeated and resentful after the Franco-Prussian War. As the French lacked the strength to defeat Germany by themselves, they sought an alliance with Russia, which would trap Germany between the two in a war (as would ultimately happen in 1914). Bismarck wanted to prevent this at all costs and maintain friendly relations with the Russians, and thereby formed an alliance with them and Austria-Hungary (which by the 1880s was being slowly reduced to a German satellite), the Dreikaiserbund (League of Three Emperors). During this period, individuals within the German military were advocating a preemptive strike against Russia, but Bismarck knew that such ideas were foolhardy. He once wrote that "the most brilliant victories would not avail against the Russian nation, because of its climate, its desert, and its frugality, and having but one frontier to defend," and because it would leave Germany with another bitter, resentful neighbor. Bismarck once contrasted his nation's foreign policy difficulties with the easy situation of the U.S. (the only strong power in the Western Hemisphere), saying "The Americans are a very lucky people. They're bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors, and to the east and west by fish."
Meanwhile, the chancellor remained wary of any foreign policy developments that looked even remotely warlike. In 1886, he moved to stop an attempted sale of horses to France on the grounds that they might be used for cavalry and also ordered an investigation into large Russian purchases of medicine from a German chemical works. Bismarck stubbornly refused to listen to Georg Herbert zu Munster (ambassador to France), who reported back that the French were not seeking a revanchist war, and in fact were desperate for peace at all costs.
Bismarck and most of his contemporaries were conservative-minded and focused their foreign policy attention on Germany's neighboring states. In 1914, 60% of German foreign investment was in Europe, as opposed to just 5% of British investment. Most of the money went to developing nations such as Russia that lacked the capital or technical knowledge to industrialize on their own. The construction of the Baghdad Railway, financed by German banks, was designed to eventually connect Germany with the Turkish Empire and the Persian Gulf, but it also collided with British and Russian geopolitical interests.
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