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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;George Chaney, post: 4477476, member: 19137&quot;]So as I noted, I have been super busy on our new homestead but today is a rain day so in my office dealing with some display cabinets I purchased a number of month ago. Pulled this out to display (this was part of a box lot of items I bought at auction) and given it is European was hoping someone from the area might have more information on this than I was able to acquire.</p><p><br /></p><p>The details I found (which may be incorrect.....so... here you go)</p><p><br /></p><p>Medal is testing 18K gold, trace silver and the balance copper. Acid tested on the various scratches someone else put in the medal[ATTACH=full]388347[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388348[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388349[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388350[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388351[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388352[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388353[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388354[/ATTACH] with no reaction from the acid. Also tested with a Niton XRF gun. </p><p><br /></p><p>The medal is in latin and says Grati Qvot Svpersvnt Discipvll. MDCCCXLVII. Carolo LVD. Richtero Lycei Cassell. Rectori. Nat. MDCCXXXVII. DENAT. MDCCCII</p><p><br /></p><p>A silver and bronze version of this medal are referenced in <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=t41pAAAAcAAJ&amp;pg=PA184&amp;lpg=PA184&amp;dq=grati+qvot+svpersvnt+discipvli&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=m2bpglFFHS&amp;sig=ACfU3U10yX2q8EP1qSFzcZQFyGckClLQ4w&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiAiOKZ4P7uAhXGnuAKHeZpBI0Q6AEwAHoECAUQAw#v=onepage&amp;q=grati%20qvot%20svpersvnt%20discipvli&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=t41pAAAAcAAJ&amp;pg=PA184&amp;lpg=PA184&amp;dq=grati+qvot+svpersvnt+discipvli&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=m2bpglFFHS&amp;sig=ACfU3U10yX2q8EP1qSFzcZQFyGckClLQ4w&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiAiOKZ4P7uAhXGnuAKHeZpBI0Q6AEwAHoECAUQAw#v=onepage&amp;q=grati%20qvot%20svpersvnt%20discipvli&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">a book written by Jacob Christoph Carl Hoffmeister</a> Google Translated as: Historical-Critical Description of all Hessian Munzen Medals and Brands that have become known so far in Genealogical Chronological Consequence Vol 2 Reference numbers in the book are 3050 &amp; 3054. There is no reference in this book to a gold version of this medal at the time the book was published in 1857.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a name and date written on the back of the medal case. I am not sure who the person is, can&#039;t seem to find any detail</p><p><br /></p><p>All help on this would be greatly appreciated![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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