Description
GREAT BRITAIN German Exhibition, 1891 London Earl's Hall, 70mm copper medal 170 grams by Wilhem Mayer (BHM 3423)
Obverse: uniformed bust of Wilhelm II left, WILHELM II. DEUTSCHER KAISER / "I FEEL ENCOURAGED IN MY TASK WHEN IS SEE THAT WISE AND CAPABLE MEN SUCH AS ARE GATHERED HERE DO JUSTICE TO THE EARNESTNESS AND HONESTY OF MY INTENTIONS" / "MY AIM IS ABOVE ALL THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE FOR PEACE ALONE CAN GIVE THE CONFIDENCE WHICH IS NECESSARY TO THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCIENCE OF ART AND OF TRADE" GUILDHALL JULY 10, 1891 / W. MAYER STUTTG
Reverse: view of the Exhibition building GERMAN EXHIBITION LONDON 1891 PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT JOHN R. WHITLEY GRÜNDER & ORGANISATOR NATIONALER AUSSTELLUNGEN IN LONDON (Translation: FOUNDER & ORGANIZER OF LONDON NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS)
Wilhem Mayer & Wilhelm Frantz or THE STUTTGARTER METALLWAREN FABRIK was a die-sinking establishment founded in 1860 by Wilhelm Mayer, sculptor and engraver, and directed, since 1876, by him and his brother-in-law, Frantz Wilhelm. The name of the old firm, WILHELM MAYER METALLWAREN FABRIK, was changed into its present form in 1896. Wilhelm Mayer was born at Lauffen-on-the-Neckar in 1840 and studied at the Stuttgart School of Art sculpture and engraving. Frantz Wilhelm was born at Hanau-on-Main in 1846, and is an Engraver by trade. The firm was awarded a Gold Medal for an exhibit of Medals and Plaquettes at the Dresden " Kunstgewerbe-Ausstellung ", 1906
