German Awards - Medal at the wedding of Max Baden (1900)

The medal was established in honor of the marriage of Crown Prince Max of Baden with Maria-Louise of Hanover-Cumberland, Princess of Britain and Ireland. The wedding took place on July 10, 1900 in Gmunden (Upper Austria), the princess's hometown. Whether the father, Prince Wilhelm, or Max Baden himself, is the founder of the medal, I do not know. It was distributed to guests of wedding celebrations.
Max of Baden was heir to the throne of the House of Baden and president of the First Baden Chamber, as his cousin Frederick II. had no offspring. He was a major general in the Prussian army until 1914. In October 1918 he became the last Reich Chancellor and Prime Minister of Prussia. In the November Revolution on November 9, 1918, he made himself an inglorious and unforgettable figure, arbitrarily proclaiming the abdication of the emperor. On the same day, he handed over the Reich Chancellery to Friedrich Ebert. Shortly before his death from 1928 to 1929 he was the head of the Baden House.

Round silver medal with rim. Above is a soldered, closed, silver crown. A ribbon ring passes through the imperial crown apple.

Front side:

• On a smooth background there are 3 ornamented letters - M - L - M -.
• (for Maria, Louise, Max) to the left and right of L respectively silver stamps.

Downside:

In the
• center is a 4-carbon shield with extended corners. Below is an extended semicircular part.
At
• the corners at a distance of 4 points from the edge. On the plate is a three-line font:
• - 10 -/- JULY -/- 1900 -. Behind the shield along the edge, 2 curved laurel branches.