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Lot 154

Silver Medal – Kaiser Wilhelm II's Voyage to Palestine, 1898

Silver medal (commemorative coin), issued on the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm II's visit to Palestine, 1898. German.
Obverse: bust of the Kaiser (facing right). Legend: "Wilhelm II. Palästina-Reise- Gedenkthaler".
Reverse: the Christ Child in oval frame. Legend: "Zur Einweihung der evang. Erlöserkirche in Jerusalem, Ende Oktober 1898" [on the occasion of the consecration of the Evangelical Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem, end of October, 1898].
Diameter: 35 mm. Graded PCGS SP Genuine, Cleaned-UNC Detail (in a PCGS plastic case).