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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS

Holdings List of commemorative Medals
Page 1
  1. Souvenir of completion of Ulm Cathedral
  2. Gustavus Adolphus, 200th anniversary of death, 1832
  3. Jan Hus and Luther, n.d., “Was jene Gans gedacht has diser Schwan vollbracht”
  4. Gustavus Adolphus and Marie Eleanor of Sweden
  5. 300th anniversary of publication of Luther Bible, 1834, non – metal
  6. 400th anniversary of Luther’s birth, 1883
  7. Ditto
  8. Ditto
  9. 200th anniversary of Reformation, 1717
  10. 300th anniversary of Reformation in Spandau, 1869
  11. Dedication of Gedaechtnisskirche of Speyer, 1904
  12. 300th anniversary of Diet of Speyer, 1829
  13. 300th anniversary of Formula of Concord, 1880
  14. Silver ed. of #11
  15. 450th anniversary of Luther’s birth, 1933, German Reichsmark
  16. 450th anniversary of Luther’s birth, 1933, Chicago
  17. 450th anniversary of Luther’s birth, Lutheran Church of Detroit
  18. 300th anniversary of Luther’s death, 1846, Wittenberg
  19. 300th anniversary of Reformation in Brandenburg, 1839
  20. 300th anniversary of Reformation in Leipzig, 1839
Page 2
  1. Luther, n.d.
  2. Pope Gegory 13th, 1572?
  3. Gustavus Adolphus, 1632
  4. Luther, 1717
  5. Lutheran World Federation, 1932
  6. Gustavus Adolphus 300th anniversary and Geo. Washington 200th, 1932
  7. Luther, n.d.
  8. Luther, n.d.
  9. 400th anniversary of Luther’s birth, 1883, Concordia Sem. St. Louis
  10. 9th convention of ULCA, 1934, and 200th anniversary of Salzburgers
  11. 400th anniversary of Luther’s birth, 1883
  12. Ditto
  13. Same as Page 1, #5, metal
  14. 100th anniversary of Reformation, 1617, Austria
  15. German game piece, n.d.
  16. Gustavus Adolphus, n.d., oval
  17. Same as #10, in gold
  18. Gustavus Adolphus, n.d.
  19. Same as #6
  20. Same as page 1, #3
Page 3
  1. “Ecclesia perverse tenet faciem diabolic; Stulti aliquando sapientes,” n.d.
  2. 200th anniversary of Reformation in Rothenburg o.d. Tauber, 1744
  3. Remodeling of Castle Church, Wittenberg, 1892
  4. Same as page 2, #5
  5. Erection of Luther statue in Washington, DC, 1884, struck by Martin Luther Society of New York
  6. Luther and Jan Hus, 1668
  7. 200th anniversary of Peace of Augsburg, 1755
  8. 400th anniversary of Reformation 1917
  9. Luther, n.d.
  10. 300th anniversary of Reformation in Leipzig, 1839
  11. 400th anniversary of Augsburg Confession, 1930, LCMS
  12. 300th anniversary of Smalcald Articles, 1837
  13. 400th anniversary of Reformation, 1917
  14. 150th? Anniversary of Luther’s receiving degree at Erfurt, 1501
  15. 300th anniversary of Luther’s death, Wittenberg, 1846
  16. Foundation of Lutheran church in Jerusalem, 1840
  17. John II 1539, Friedrich Wilhelm III 1839, Berlin
  18. 400th anniversary of Luther’s birth, 1883
  19. Ditto, oval
  20. Same #18 in gold
Page 4
  1. Dedication of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1926
  2. 300th anniversary of Reformation (Zwingli), 1819, Winterthur
  3. John Calvin, n.d.
  4. Luther and Jan Hus, 1619?
  5. Same as page 3, #5
  6. “Redderationem de luce; [Deo stultiti cora],” n.d.
  7. Same as page 1, #15, slightly smaller
  8. 400th anniversary of Calvin’s birth, 1909, Geneva?, rectangular
  9. Gustavus Adolphus, 1633?
  10. “Sunday School centenary offering,” Dickinson College, 1866
  11. “Reward of merit,” 20th century
  12. 400th anniversary of Luther’s birth, 1883
  13. “Christo duce verbo luce,” 1649, square
  14. Zwingli, 1819
  15. Gustavus Adolphus, n.d.
  16. Same as page 3, #13
  17. 400th anniversary of Reformation, 1917
  18. Gustavus Adolphus?, 1631
  19. Christ the light of the world, Luther the salt of the earth, n.d., oval
  20. 200th anniversary of Augsburg Confession, (1730)
Page 5
  1. Gustavus Adolphus and Marie Eleanor, no date legible
  2. Same as page 3, #13
  3. First German national assembly, Frankfurt, 1848
  4. Zwingli, 1819, Winterthur
  5. “So bleibt er am bestaendigsten; Selten wird ein Jud ein Christ,” n.d.
  6. 200th anniversary of Peace of Augsburg, 1755
  7. Same as #6
  8. Crucifixion, has date 1551
  9. Anniversary of Reformation, 1867, the “Amerikanische lutherische Zion”
  10. Reformation anniversary, 1642
  11. Same as page 1, #16
  12. 400th anniversary of Reformation, 1917
  13. Same as #9
  14. Reformation in Austria, n.d., square
  15. 200th anniversary of Reformation in Bad Durl Land/Dero Land [?], 1756
  16. 200th anniversary of Reformation, 1717, Austria
  17. 200th anniversary of Augsburg Confession, (1730), square
  18. 200th anniversary of Reformation in Rotenb[urg], 1727
  19. Same as page 2, #2, in silver, slightly larger
  20. Same as page 2, #14
Page 6
  1. Dedication of Luther memorial, Wittenberg, 1821
  2. Luther, 1821
  3. Same as #1, in silver
  4. 400th anniversary of Luther, n.d.
  5. 200th anniversary of Peace of Augsburg, 1755
  6. Similar to page 3, #14, dated 1661
  7. Same as page 3, #5
  8. Ditto
  9. 400th anniversary of Reformation, 1917, Reformed Church, with pamphlet
  10. Same as page 3, #11, in bronze
  11. Ditto
  12. 400th anniversary of Luther’s birth, 1883, octangular
  13. 400th anniversary of Luther’s birth, 1883
  14. Convention of Lutheran youth, Hannover, 1952
  15. “Nordlinger Friedens,” 1600, square
16-20.    100th anniversary of Reformation, 1617, various medals
Page 7
        1-3.    100th anniversary of Reformation, 1617, various medals
        4-20.    200th anniversary of Reformation, 1717, various medals
Page 8
         1-10.    200th anniversary of Reformation, 1717, various medals
         11-20.    300th anniversary of Reformation, 1817, various medals
Page 9
          1-9.    300th anniversary of Reformation, 1817, various medals
          10-11.    100th anniversary of Augsburg Confession, 1630, various medals
          12-20.    200th anniversary of Augsburg confession, 1730, various medals
Page 10
          1-7.    200th anniversary of Augsburg Confession, 1730, various medals
          8-20.    300th anniversary of Augsburg Confession, 1830, various medals
Oversize Medals
  1. 400th anniversary of Luther at Worms, 1921, rectangle, bronze, 59 x 85 mm.
  2. Relief of Luther, no lettering, black, 89 mm
  3. Dedication of buildings, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., 1826, bronze, rectangle, 100 x 62 mm.
  4. John Frederick, Elector of Saxony, 1535, silver, 65 mm.
  5. “Official medal of the quadricentennial of the Reformation,” in green case. 2 medals, 38 mm. and 70 mm.
  6. “Koenigin Luise von Preussen,” 1910, silver, 80 mm.
  7. Darwin, 1909, bronze, 71 mm.
  8. Anniversary of 95 theses, n.d., silver, 75 mm.
  9. Unveiling of Luther memorial in Worms, 1868, silver, 60 mm.
  10. Seal of the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States, n.d., bronze, 46 mm.
  11. Frederick and Ulrica, King and Queen of Sweden, n.d., silver, 61 mm.
  12. Anniversary of Reformation in Geneva, 1835, silver, 62 mm.
  13. Calvin, n.d., silver, 55 mm.
  14. 400th anniversary of Reformation, 1917, silver, 60 mm.
  15. 400th anniversary of Reformation, 1917, depicts Worms, 63 mm.
  16. 100th anniversary of Augsburg Confession, 1630, depicts, Luther, silver, 54 mm.
  17. 100th anniversary of Augsburg Confession, 1630, depicts John of Saxony, silver, 56 mm.
 
This is a rough draft.
Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Tamara Riegel 4-4-94