Fieweger-343, Struck in Silver by C. Wermuth.  28mm.

A visually striking medal satirizing the corruption of the Hamburg Imperial Commission.

With a fat fingered hand offering an unslabbed coin on one side surrounded by the legend KOMSTU MIR ALSO [translated as YOU SCRATCH MY BACK], and an Imperial Commission member concealing his face on the other surrounded by the legend SO KOMME ICH DIR SO [AND I’LL SCRATCH YOURS].

The piece itself is a rich silvery gray with old golden toning in the devices.

$495

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