Historical and Art Medals

1895. Netherlands. Opening of the North-East Sea (Kiel) Canal, silver medal by Oertel of Berlin, bust of Wilhelmina to left, reverse legend, 34mm (Zw.1177), Extremely fine or better, nicely toned, very rare (£60-80)

Although many German medal commemorating this important event and appear with some regularity in German auction catalogues, this Netherlands associated piece is far rarer and it may be connected with an offical Dutch party present at the opening ceremony