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    Saxony Medal Military St. Heinrich doubt


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    Gentlemen, I recently browsed some medal bars in the Kingdom of Saxony and saw the bronze medal of St. Heinrich, but I saw that there is no information about the bronze medal in the record, so is it fake?:ninja:Or was there a bronze medal in the latter part of the war due to the lack of materials?

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    Gilded Bronze medal were produced at the end of the war.

     

    The Awards of Saxon Gold Military St.Henry Medal Recipient Vizefeldwebel Jakob Krems (medalnet.net)

     

    The Gold Military St. Henry Medal awarded to Jakob Krems is shown below.  It was struck from bronze and gilded.  The die-maker’s initials “F.U.” (Karl Christian Friedrich Ulbricht) are present at the neck of the bust of Friedrich August.  There is a circular punch-mark on the rim of the medal at approximately 3 o’ clock (see Figure 15).  This punch-mark denotes that this is an original mint-struck and officially awarded bronze-gilt medal.  The slightly dark discoloration seen at the top of the medal, where the suspension ring was soldered to the top of the medal, was caused by oxidation of the solder over time, which has shown through the gilding.  The medal weighs 18.1g without the ribbon.  This medal is housed in the red case in which it was awarded.  There is gold blocking on the lid with crossed swords and the inscription “St. Heinrichs=Med./in Gold”.  A piece of original ribbon for this medal was found in the case.

    In 1914, there were 110 medals struck in gold by the Saxon Royal Mint.  In 1915, there 15 medals struck in gold.  In 1917, there were 50 medals struck in gilded bronze.  In 1918, there were 60 medals struck in gilded bronze.  Thus, during the World War, there were total of 125 medals struck in gold, and 110 struck in gilded-bronze.

    Of the medals struck,  97 of the gold medals were awarded from 1914 until the end of 1917, and 53 of the gilded bronze medal were awarded from the end of 1917 through 1918.

    Therefore, the gilded-bronze version of this medal, although not as aesthetically pleasing, nor as intrinsically valuable as the gold version of this medal, is a numismatic rarity.

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