German Awards - State Prize for Poultry in Bronze 1887

This state award medal was established by the Prussian Ministry of Agriculture in 1887. Medals of the silver and bronze stages are known. These overwhelming state awards were established on June 25, 1848 by the highest decree of the Ministry of Agriculture for special services in the field of poultry farming. The first prize medals were issued for horse breeding back in 1790. King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. pursued the goal of modernizing obsolete agriculture and bringing it into line with the new European standard. Created for this purpose back in 1842, the Land Economic Collegium, as the central agricultural body, allowed the creation of central agricultural clubs in the Prussian provinces and the issuance of award medals. The provinces of Saxony and Rhine Prussia received the right to do so even before 1842. The medals were semi-state in nature. Issued by the ministry, on the contrary, were state awards. Among the rural population, State Prize medals had a high reputation and were probably awarded until 1918. Other state prizes were established in 1866 for gardening, in 1887 for dog breeding, and in 1895 for fishing.

Round, non-wearable bronze medal with a raised border.

Front side:

• Image of a rural idyll with different species of bird.
• In the foreground in the water is a floating duck, to the right of it is a goose.
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• grasses are visible below and along the left edge.
• Behind slightly to the left of each other are a chicken and a rooster (right).
• Between them are 3 small chicks that are looking for food in the grass.
• In the background is a quadrangular dovecote on a pole. Roof to the brim.
• To his left, a flying pigeon and a dove sit at the entrance of the dovecote.
• On the right edge is a fence with flowers in the foreground. Another pigeon sits on it.
• At the bottom right along the edge are small: - M. LANDSBERG F. - E. WEIGAND SC. -, above - 1887 -.

Downside:

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• short distance from the edge is a circular pearl ring. Then - a light wreath.
• The latter is tied from below, open from above and flows from above into a large 5-arched royal crown.
• It consists of left laurel foliage with fruits and right oak foliage with acorns.
• Above the branches tied below lies a curved speech ribbon with fluttering ends.
• It deepens the inscription - Suum - cuique - (slogan of the Order of the Black Eagle)
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• the center of the field is a raised 3-line font - FOR -/- BREEDER -/- ACHIEVEMENTS -.