Issue commemorating the great flood that occurred in Europe in 1784.
Medal by Johann Christian Reich, signed.
Plenty of mint bloom.
Surface hairliness.
Obverse: view of the drowning city, buildings and people, rainbow on the left, KLEINE SÜNDFLUT / D 27 F 1784 in exerque
ICH WIL DENCKEN AN MEINEN BUND. 1. B. MO:9
Reverse: crowned figure, praying on a sailboat, on rough waters, in the background a panorama of the city, in the field the inscription WASSERS NOTH IN EUROPA, PS. 69. V. 3. // REICH F. in exerque
ICH BIN IN TIEFEN WASSER U: DIE FLUTH WILL MICH ERSAEIFE
Zinc, diameter 47 mm, weight 30.98 g
