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Lot 589

Germany, Peace Alliance token: One side features a picture of three heads side by side, along with the names Wilhelm II, Franz Joseph I, and Umberto I, and the word "Friedensbund" (peace alliance). On the other side, there are three coats of arms surrounded by the motto "Viribus Unitis."("With United Forces"). Made of tin, weighs 6.60 g.; 28.00 mm. This token likely commemorates the Triple Alliance, a defensive military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, formed on 20 May 1882 and renewed periodically.

 

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