GERMANY/DENMARK Medal 1817 300th Anniversary of Protestant Reformation. Variety w. legends in Danish! XF-AU

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1817, Germany/Denmark. 300th Anniversary of Protestant Reformation. Silver Medal.

Mint Year: 1817
Mint Place: Berlin
Maker: Gottfried Bernhard Loos.
Reference: Borgsoe 84, Brozatus 1206, Whiting 574, Schnell 272.
Denomination: Medal - 300th Anniversary of Protestant Reformation.
Condition: Minor deposits and bag-marks in fields, otherwise a nicely toned XF-AU!
Material: Silver
Weight: 9.62gm
Diameter: 30mm


Obverse: Martin Luther standing facing, holdging candelabrum and bible. Medallist´s signature (LOOS) below ground line to right.
Legend: DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER


Reverse: View of th Wartburg Castle.
Legend: VOR GUD, HAN ER SAA FAST EN BORG ("A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.")
Exergue: REFORMATIONENS TREDIE IUBELFEST D.31 OCTOB 1817 ("Third annviersary of the Reformation, 31st of October 1817.")



The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church hierarchy. Towards the end of the Renaissance, the Reformation marked the beginning of Protestantism. It is considered one of the events that signified the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the early modern period in Europe.[2]

The Reformation is usually dated from Martin Luther's publication of the Ninety-five Theses in 1517, which gave birth to Lutheranism. Prior to Martin Luther and other Protestant Reformers, there were earlier reform movements within Western Christianity. The end of the Reformation era is disputed among modern scholars.

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