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KARL GOETZ MEDALS. Germany. Michael von Faulhaber, Archbishop of Munich and Freising Silver Medal, 1927. Munich Mint. MINT STATE.
Kienast-383. 36mm. By Karl Goetz. Obverse: Bust of von Faulhaber left, raising hand in benediction, wearing zucchetto, cope, and pallium; Reverse: Coat-of-arms. Edge: BAYER HAUPTMUNZAMT FEINSILBER. Highly matte surfaces, with a pleasing frosted nature and radiating brilliance.
Kienast-383. 36mm. By Karl Goetz. Obverse: Bust of von Faulhaber left, raising hand in benediction, wearing zucchetto, cope, and pallium; Reverse: Coat-of-arms. Edge: BAYER HAUPTMUNZAMT FEINSILBER. Highly matte surfaces, with a pleasing frosted nature and radiating brilliance.
Serving as the Archbishop of Munich for 35 years, von Faulhaber saw Germany through the end of the Empire in World War I and the Weimar period, to the rise and fall of Nazism and World War II. He also ordained Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) as a priest in 1951.
From the Richard Jewell Collection.
Estimate: $80.00- $120.00