gabatgh Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 So this is one of those things that I've had for ages just waiting for identification. Every year or so I'll take it out and try to find something about it online, and this has been going on for about six years. Maybe someone here will know what it is and when it's from. On the reverse it says DIE ROSE HIER SEY SINNBILD MEINER LIEBE IHR HOCHSTER WERTH IST UNVERGÆNGLICHKEIT Google Translate changes that to THE ROSE HER SEY SYMBOL MY LOVE YOUR HIGHEST VALUE IS immortality No idea why "immortality" is changed to lower case. ...anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wessel Gordon Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Could it perhaps be a medallion from a botanical society? The motif on the obverse and the word ''rose'' on the reverse seems to point to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 (edited) Hi, during the 19th century especially it was a la mode for wealthy people in Germany to have medals made to remember special occasions. wedding-anniverseries, special birthdys etc. Everybody invited to these functions then got one of these tokens. This could well be one of these, issued on the occasion of a wedding. GreyC Edited April 6, 2019 by GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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