This medal served as the official prize medal for the Grand Duchy of Hesse. The obverse depicts Ernst-Ludwig, the last Grand Duke of Hesse. The Grand Duke had to abdicate after the Great War in November 1918 when Hesse became a republic within the framework of the German Empire.
| Artist |
Constantin Starck
RKD
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| Title | Medal Portraying Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | Germany TGN |
| Medium and support | silvering AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | title on the front side: ERNST . LUDWIG . GROSSHERZOG . VON . HESSEN |
| signatures (names) on the front side: C STARCK | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type | medals AAT |
| Inventory number | 1911-DF |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Société Gantoise des Amis de la Médaille Ghent 1911-06-23 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-DF |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8236/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A71
male sex; man
Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass 46A12 nobility and patriciate; chivalry, knighthood Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass |
| Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles en 1910 : Salon international de la médaille contemporaine... : Groupe II: Beaux-Arts ; Classe 9B: Gravure en médailles (Bruxelles, Palais du Cinquantenaire, 01.05 - 15.11.1910) ; Catalogue / Victor Tourneur. - Bruxelles : Imprimerie A. Lesigne, 1910 (p. 30, nr. 3) |
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