GERMANY Medal (Jeton) 1817 Famine and Food Price Increases of 1816-1817. Vorzüglich

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1817, Germany. Silver-Plated Brass Medal. Famine and Food Price Increases of 1816-1817.

Maker: Lauer
Mint Year: 1817
Medallist: Stettner
Condition: Minor deposits, most of the silver-plating intact, otherwise XF-AU!
Denomination: Jeton / Small Medal - Famine and Food Price Increases of 1816-1817.
Material: Brass (silver-plated)
Weight: 12.21gm
Diameter: 33mm


Obverse: A mother seats to the right on a stone, holding a child in the right arm, before it is another child leaned on it and holds the hand begging to the mother. Medallist´s signature (Stettner) inside ground details at 8 o'clock.
Legend: O GIEB MIR BROD MICH HUNGERT.("Please give me bread, I am hungry.")
Exergue: IETTON ("Token.")

Reverse: Scales with a weight in left and bread in right cup. Anchor and a sheaf of wheat below.
Legend: VERZAGET NICHT GOTT LEBET NOCH ("Do not give up, god is still alive.")
Inscription in fields: 1 MAAS BIER - 8½ K.R. / 1#3L / 12. K.R.
Exergue: 1816 . U : 1817. / L



The great famine of 1816-1817 was caused by the eruption of the Tambora volcano in Indonesia. The eruption contributed to global climate anomalies in the following years, while 1816 became known as the "year without a summer" because of the impact on North American and European weather. In the Northern Hemisphere, crops failed and livestock died, resulting in the worst famine of the century.

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