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Medal Portraying Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse

  • silvering, bronze
  • Inv. 1911-DF

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This medal served as the official prize medal for the Grand Duchy of Hesse. The obverse depicts Ernst-Ludwig, the last Grand Duke of Hesse. The Grand Duke had to abdicate after the Great War in November 1918 when Hesse became a republic within the framework of the German Empire.