USA – San Francisco celebrations at the end of the Franco Prussian War 1871 silver medal in German
30.1mm
Albert Kuner (George Ferdinand Albrect Kuner), an 1848 immigrant to San Francisco from Bavaria, engraved the medal. The obverse features Germania with a shield on her right, a sword in her right hand, and a laurel wreath of victory in her left hand, GERMANIA inscribed on the pedestal below. The flags of five German states and the United States are arrayed behind her. The inscription, “ZUR ERINNERUNG A.D. DEUTSCHE FRIEDENSFEIER / IN SAN FRANCISCO,” translates as “In memory of the German Peace Celebration in San Francisco.” The medal is signed “KUNER F.” below the pedestal.
The reverse design features a sword and the German flag crossed over a wreath of oak and laurel. The inscription, “EINIGKEIT MACHT STARK. DURCH KAMPF ZUM SIEG,” translates as “In Union is Strength. Through Strife to Victory.” The date, “D. 22. MAERZ / 1871,” (March 22, 1871) appears in exergue.
