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Hello,

I have this medal/token about the election to emperor for Wilhelm IV
28-march-1849
its made of "zinn" and measures 45 mm

from stadt-frankfurt i got the literature it is mentionted in
Die Münzen von Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt 1896, S. 440 Nr. 1201.

since it is very hard to get the book or find someone who has it i hope sombody here can help me with more detailed information obout this nice piece like:

where it's from, who made it, is it a common or rare, what could be it's value ??

Hello yoda, in the Joseph und Fellner catalogue which you mention there is quite a number of similar medals cast in white metal. Yours is indeed No. 1201. The first of them comes with a note, "This and all the following cast medals were made in crude style in Frankfurt during the time of the revolution, as Rüppell suggests, most probably at the initiative of the Russian Prince Gagarin who lived in Frankfurt at that time. There are other medals with similar emblems and revolutionary inscriptions on the Erfurt parliament, the fight on the Dresden barricades, the provisional government of Baden, the Palatinate, etc."
E. Rüppell published some articles on the medals of Frankfurt in a periodical between 1855 and 1877.
So it does not say who actually made these items.
They are all rare, but they are ugly, with no artistic merit at all, and therefore the collectors treat them with reserve and do not pay high prices for them.

@mumde

thank you for this information it is very usefull

but they are ugly

i think it is a beautifull piece , not only it's looks but also the story behind it makes it a uniek piece for me, and i also think for others.

since The Deutsch Historical Museum doesn't have it in it's collection and took great intrest in it i have offerd it to them,
i think the museum will be a better place for it then a private collection

best regards

john