2171 - GERMAN COINS AND MEDALS UP TO 1871. BAVARIA. Ludwig II, 1864–1886. Gold medal worth 12 ducats (41.43 g). 1875, by A. Schnabel. Prize medal of the King Ludwig Foundation for the Bavarian Museum of Applied Arts—awarded for outstanding service. Head of the king facing right / Four lines of text on a tablet, surrounded by oak branches, with the year below. Smooth edge. 41 mm.

GERMAN COINS AND MEDALS UP TO 1871. BAVARIA. Ludwig II, 1864–1886. Gold medal worth 12 ducats (41.43 g). 1875, by A. Schnabel. Prize medal of the King Ludwig Foundation for the Bavarian Museum of Applied Arts—awarded for outstanding service. Head of the king facing right / Four lines of text on a tablet, surrounded by oak branches, with the year below. Smooth edge. 41 mm. Cat. Erl. 1242 (listed there in bronze). Erl. 95. RR! Very rare in gold. Gold! Tiny file marks on the edge, nearly mint condition from polished dies. Awarded by the Bavarian Museum of Crafts in Nuremberg from 1875 to 1922 for outstanding service to the trades—on average, one gold, three silver, and seven bronze medals per year. Due to rampant inflation, the award could no longer be presented after 1923.