Germany Bavaria WWI Golden Wedding Anniversary Medal of the Royal Couple King Ludwig III & Queen Maria Theresia Christmas 1918 by Boersch

Imperial Germany – Kingdom of Bavaria:  
Golden Wedding Anniversary Medal - in Iron. 
Signed "A.B." (Alois Boersch, Chief of the Munich 
Mint) on the reverse. 
On female ribbon bow.
The medal was instituted in 1918 by King 
Ludwig to mark the 50th wedding anniversary 
of the Bavarian Royal Couple (King Ludwig III 
and Queen Maria Theresia) on 20 Feb. 1918. 
It was intended to be issued as a Christmas 
gift to the troops (King's Regiments) under his 
Command (hence the inscription "Weihnachten 
1918" (Christmas 1918) under the portraits of the 
Royal Couple on the obverse side. 
A total of 14.000 medals were ordered but due to 
the November Revolution, the end of WW1 and 
the fall of the German Monarchy they were not 
distributed as intended. Instead, they were 
subsequently given to Crown Prince Rupprecht 
who distributed a large number of medals to 
attendees of the solemn burial of his father King 
Ludwig III, who died on Oct.18, 1921.
The remaining medals were unofficially awarded 
by the Bavarian Royal Household between 1921 
and 1935. 
The medal is quite rare.

FULL SIZE

WW1 1914 -1918

Item 100% original - ribbon original

Condition as on the photos

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