Lippe Detmold Military Merit Medal Lippe Detmold

[redeagleorder]

Does any one have an example of a Lippe Detmold Military Merit Medal with a mark under the wreath on the side displaying the rose. On an example that i have found for sale by emedals there is a mark which i can't make out completely clearly, but seems to read G. LOOSDIR. Is this a common mark or something personalised? Many thanks in advance.

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Update: I also found this mark on an arts and science medal from anhalt, but also on a couple of a coins?! Could anyone please help me figure out if the mark belongs to the above medal, as i know it is rare, with less than 2000 issued. Thanks a lot.

Matthew

[speedytop]

Hi Matthew,

it is a common mark.

G. LOOS DIR

Gottfried Bernhard Loos, Direktor der Loos´schen Medaillen-Prägeanstalt (head/director of the Berlin Medallic Mint).

http://www.numispedi...tfried_Bernhard

http://www.smb.museu...ontent=0&side=0

Uwe

[zorg]

It's the manufacturer: G.Loos. dir. = Gottfried Bernhard Loos (1774-1843) direxit (latin for 'have made') ...G.Loos have made this medal.

[Deruelle]

Very interresting, thanks for sharing info with us

Christophe