300th Anniversary of the Protest at Speyer April 19, 1529

Modeled by Gottfried Bernhard Loos, and (modeled by) Christoph Carl Pfeuffer, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Berlin

19829

This medal commemorates the 300th anniversary of the imperial diet held in Speyer in 1529 at which five Lutheran princes issued a strong protest against the anti-Lutheran measures of Emperor Carl V as he sought to reverse the policy of religious tolerance adopted in 1526. The word Protestant orginated from this incident.

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Blue jasper socket saucer with white relief acanthus leaf decoration
Elongated oval light blue jasper cameo with white relief of two women part of the three graces, Aphrodite and Athena below a floral swag
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