Hamburg - 1803

Millenium Medal
Obverse - Medal - 1803 Reverse - Medal - 1803
Obverse - personification of the City is seated under a tree. In her right hand she holds a staff and her left holds a caduceus and rests on a shield with the emblem of the City on it. A cornucopia is between her and the shield spilling its contents on the ground.
  In the ground, LOOS
Exergue, DIE TAGE DEINER VŒLKER WERDEN SEYN WIE DIE EINES BAUMES UND DAS WERK IHRER HÆNDE WIRD ALT WERDEN
Reverse - The port of Hamburg. Above is an angel in a cloud. She holds a laurel branch in her right hand and in her left hand what looks like a rose.
Legend, FRIEDE IN DEINEN MAUERN GLÜCK DEINEN PALLÆSTEN
Exergue, HAMBURGS TAUSENDJÆHRIGE JUBELFEIER 1803
Size, 39 mm.
 

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