Life Saving Medal, 1848 (impressed)

CATEGORY: Version

SKU: 02.OLD.0104.101.01.001

Estimated market value:

$700 USD

Estimated market value:

$700 USD

Attributes

Country

Germany
Composition

Silver
Inscription

Obv: PAUL FRIEDR. AUGUST GR: V. OLDENBURG Rev: FÜR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR
Size

30mm
Version Remarks

This version is impressed "BREHMER F." and was awarded between 1897 and 1918.
Image Licensing

The image of the Life Saving Medal, 1848 (impressed) is attributed to Andreas Thies, Catalog 50, July 14, 2012. Please see the following page for more information: https://www.andreas-thies.de/onTEAM/grafik/A50_065_096.pdf

History

The Life Saving Medal was founded by Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August on February 17, 1848, and it was conferred upon individuals who placed their own life in peril in an effort to rescue another person’s life or property.

In 1902 a bar was introduced for repeated life-saving attempts. It featured the date of the second life-saving attempt. It is uncertain what this bar looked like.

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