GERMANY, German Empire. Bayern (Kingdom). Ludwig III. 1913-1918. Silvered Tin Schraubtaler – Box Medal (52mm, 32.98 g). By Rich Klein. Dually dated 1914 and 1916. LUDWIG III KOENIG VON BAYERN, uniformed bust left / IN TREUE FEST, crowned coat-of-arms with crowned leonine supporters. Inside are twenty-nine conjoined medallions, twenty-eight illustrating an Imperial German leader and scenes from the beginning of World War I to Verdun; end medallion for adding remembered casualties; backs of each medallion and endpapers in Bavarian arms. Zetzmann 7001; CNG 115, lot 970 (hammer $800). Toned. VF. Paper inserts in good condition, final medallion inscribed.
The last page of the insert reads, meinen fraulein/ Gera grafin/ von Hundt/ um 17 May 1917/ von Grosspapa (To my grandaughter, Gerda von Hundt, from her grandfather). It was a gift from Rudolf Graf von Hundt zu Lauterbach (1869-1940) to Gerda Gräfin zu Lauterbach (1903-1976).