Awards of Germany - Commemorative medal in honor of the 81st anniversary of Queen Mary of Hanover

This commemorative medal was instituted on the occasion of Queen Mary of Hanover's 81st birthday by Duke Ernst August of Cumberland on 14 April 1898. This medal was awarded to persons from the queen's inner circle, relatives, as well as her close associates. The medal is not an official award, but is a portable commemorative gift, and not a badge of honor in the proper sense of the word. The author of the project is K.U.K. Chamber engraver Jauner from Vienna. There are medals with a variable reverse font. This concerns the spelling of the word - MAJESTÄT -. As with the medal shown here, the word is spelled incorrectly - MÄJESTAT -. A commemorative sign was worn on the regular ribbon ring on the men's ribbon and on the elongated pearl-embellished ribbon ring on the women's loop for women. Hessenthal and Schreiber also talk about the bronze medal. It, as usual, was intended for the lower strata of the population. The award is no longer known, nor can the award number be named. Source: J. Nimmergut, Deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichen before 1945, vol. I, 1997.

High oval silver medal with raised wide border. A five-door crown is tightly attached on top. An open ribbon ring passes through the imperial crown apple. Suspended in them is an elongated ring decorated with 19 pearls for female decoration.

Front side:

• The rim is formed by a wreath connected from below by a loop.
• Oak leaves on the right and bay leaves on the left.
• An inner field in the form of an oval medallion with a narrow raised border.
• Against a smooth background is a breast portrait of the queen facing to the right.
In
• the upper half, along the edge of the font, each is separated by a dot
• - MARIE - QUEEN - VON - HANOVER -.

Downside:

• The rim is formed by a wreath connected from below by a loop.
• To the right of bay leaves and to the left of oak leaves.
• An inner field in the form of an oval medallion with a narrow raised border.
• In the margins, each inscription is separated by a dot:
• - FOR - CELEBRATION - DES - 81. - BIRTHDAY - THEIRS - MÄJESTAT - DER - QUEEN - MARIE - VON - HANOVER -.
• Central on a smooth background is the coat of arms of the former kingdom of Hanover.
• On the left he is held by a lion, and on the right by a unicorn.
• Below the date is bent, broken by dots - 14 - APRIL - 1898 -.

Tape:

Wine red (crimson) 36 mm wide, tied here in a ladies' loop.

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