GERMANY Medal ca. 1800 Reward for Virtue by Daniel Friedrich Loos. XF-AU (light scratches!)

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1800, Germany. Virtue Reward by Daniel Friedrich Loos. Silver Medal.

Mint Place: Berlin
Mint Year: ca. 1800
Reference: Sommer B 73.
Medallist: Daniel Friedrich Loos (1735-1819) 
Condition: An edge-knock at 9 o'clock, darkly toned surfaces with a numerous scratches, otherwise XF-AU!
Denomination: Medal - Commemorating "Honor to Women", a poem by Friedrich Schiller, which was written during 1795 and published during 1800.
Material: Silver
Weight: 13.33gm
Diameter: 36mm


Obverse: Standing togate female allegoric figure, holding a wreath of stars in risen right hand and pointing down to a cornucopia from which wreaths and money is pouring out. Medallist´s signature (LOOS) in exergue.
Exergue: LOOS

Reverse: German inscription in 7 lines above various symbols of virtue (knowledge, piety, devotion...).
Legend: DIE TUGEND LOHT SCHON HIER AUF ERDEN DORT WIRD IHR LOHN NOCH HOECHER WERDEN
Translated: "Virtue rewards even here on Earth – There [in heaven] its reward will be greater still."



Loos, Daniel Friedrich: Daniel Friedrich Loos (1735-1819) was born in Altenburg, spent time in Prussia, and was appointed chief engraver and Medallist to the Court at Berlin in 1768. Forrer, quoting Bolzenthal, states that Loos was a diligent artist who, in a time of bad taste, applied himself to the study of portraiture and ancient types. Loos also made various discoveries in the art and technique of striking coins. He had two sons, Friedrich Wilhelm and Gottfried Bernhard, who became medallists in their own right.

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