1802

German Medal
Obverse - German Medal - 1802 Obverse - German Medal - 1802
Obverse - A rearing horse.
Legend, FRISCH MIT GEWALT
FRESHLY (LATELY?) BY FORCE
Exergue, 1802
Reverse - A royal crown, possibly related to Hanover or the Brunswick duchies
Legend, IMMER NEU UND NICHT ALT
ALWAYS NEW AND NEVER OLD
Exergue, IETTON
Size, 24 mm.
 
An anti-revolutionary jeton that extols the virtue of having a monarchy. The hole is as crude a job as I've ever seen; clearly someone took something like a pick and pounded it through from the obverse side while the piece was on something flat and hard. That argues for it being done about the time the jeton was struck.
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