OERTEL, OTTO (Germ.). Founder († 1892) of a Die-sinking Establishment at Berlin, now carried on under the style of BERLINER MEDAILLEN-MÜNZE OTTO OERTEL. This firm has a good reputation for the production of medals, and their works are organised with the most up-to-date machinery. Amongst the best productions of the Berlin Medallic Mint are : The Kaiser Wilhelm's Errinerungs Medaille (granted by the Emperor William II. for the Army and Navy); — Prize Medals and Plaquettes of the Düsseldorf Exhibition of Arts and Industries, 1902 ; — Prize Medals for the International Exhibitions of Arts and Horticulture, 1904; — Numerous artistic Plaquettes (many of which were acquired by the State for the Royal National Gallery at Berlin and other Public Museums), &c, and I have come across the following medals, signed OERTEL : 1887. Ninth German Federal Rifle Meeting at Frankfort-on Main (by H. Weckwerth) ; — Visit of the Shah of Persia to Berlin; — 1888. Death of William I.; — Accession and Death of Frederick III. ; — Accession of William II. ; — Prince Bismarck ; wir fürchten gott &c. ; — 1899. The German Imperial family ; — Queen Victoria made Honorary Colonel in the German Army ; — Samoa Conference at Berlin ;— Naval Review and Visit of William II. to England ; — Major von Wissmann, explorer; — Prize Medals of the German Insurance Exhibition; — Steglitz Schützengilde ; — Visit of King Humbert to Berlin , — Visit of William II. and his consort to Strassburg ; — 1890. Dr Carl Peters, explorer; — Emin Pascha, explorer; — Tenth German Federal Rifle Meeting at Berlin ; — Heligoland ceded to Germany (illustrated); — 75th Birthday of Prince Bismarck; — Moltke's Jubilee ; — Death of the Empress Augusta ; — Another, Todtenwache ; by R. Otto, Court-medallist (only 38 struck); — Jubilee of the House of Wettin; — Opening of the Volkstheater at Worms; — Tenth International Medical Congress at Berlin (designed by Prof. Virchow) ; — 1891. International Electrical Exhibition at Frankfort-on-M. ; — 1892. The Triple Alliance (busts of Francis Joseph I., Humbert, and William II.); — 1894. “ Reconciliation " Thaler of William II. and Prince Bismarck ; — Marriage of the Tsarewitch Nicholas and Princess Alix of Hesse ; — Death of Alexander III; — Accession of Nicholas II.; — 1895. 80th Birthday of Prince Bismarck; — Opening of the Kiel Canal; — 1896. Coronation of Nicholas II. and Alexandra; — Dr Rob. Koch; — Dr Rud. Virchow; — 81st Birthday of Bismarck; — 1898, William II'. s Journey to Palestine (sev. varieties); — Death of Prince Bismarck; — 1899. Peace Conference at the Hague; — Centenary of the Royal Technical College at Berlin ; — 1900. The New Century; — Relief of the Legations at Peking; — Tsü-Hi, Empress of China; — Recovery of the Empress Frederick ; — 1901. Second Centenary of the Kingdom of Prussia ; — Riga Jubilee Exhibition ; — Death of Queen Victoria ; — Barnay, tragedian (by R. Otto); — President Kruger; — 1902. Death of the Empress Frederick ; — 1904. Marriage of the Grand Duke of Saxe- Weimar; — Death of Pope Leo XIII. ; — Accession of Pius X; — Visit of King Victor Emmanuel III. to Berlin; — 1905. Marriage of the Crown Prince of Germany with Princess Cecilia of Mecklenburg, &c.
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
NEUMEISTER, JOHANN GEORG
NEUMEISTER, JOHANN GEORG (Germ.). Mint-master at Würzburg, 1746-1761. On some of the currency of that period we find the initials B. N., which stand for BISCHOF, Mint-warden, and NEUMEISTER. Schlickeysen describes him as Mint-warden at Würzburg, 1754-1762, and at Frankfort-on-M., 1763-1777. Joseph states that Neumeister was appointed at Frankfort on 19. April 1763. His initials G. N. occur on the currency of that mint, in conjunction with those of Philip Christian Bunsen (C. B.) Mint-master, fro...
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NEUMEISTER, JOHANN GEORG (Germ.). Mint-master at Würzburg, 1746-1761. On some of the currency of that period we find the initials B. N., which stand for BISCHOF, Mint-warden, and NEUMEISTER. Schlickeysen describes him as Mint-warden at Würzburg, 1754-1762, and at Frankfort-on-M., 1763-1777. Joseph states that Neumeister was appointed at Frankfort on 19. April 1763. His initials G. N. occur on the currency of that mint, in conjunction with those of Philip Christian Bunsen (C. B.) Mint-master, fro...
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NEUSS, AUGUST
NEUSS, AUGUST (Germ.). Son of Johann Jakob Neuss, and also a Medallist, who worked at Augsburg, circ. 1840- 1870. On his father's death, he became the owner of the Die-sinking establishment, founded by him towards the end of the eighteenth century. A commemorative medal of the First German Parliament, dated 1848, still bears the signature of J. J. Neuss as Director, and of A. Neuss as the Engraver. The artists, Sebald, R. Däufler, Rabausch, and others worked for A. Neuss, whose name then appea...
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NEUSS, AUGUST (Germ.). Son of Johann Jakob Neuss, and also a Medallist, who worked at Augsburg, circ. 1840- 1870. On his father's death, he became the owner of the Die-sinking establishment, founded by him towards the end of the eighteenth century. A commemorative medal of the First German Parliament, dated 1848, still bears the signature of J. J. Neuss as Director, and of A. Neuss as the Engraver. The artists, Sebald, R. Däufler, Rabausch, and others worked for A. Neuss, whose name then appea...
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NEUSS, JOHANN JAKOB (2.)
NEUSS, JOHANN JAKOB (Germ.). Son of J. J. Neuss Senr. ; Medallist, and Gem-engraver, and owner of a private mint at Augsburg ; born in 1770 ; died in 1847 or 1848. He was apprenticed to J. M. Bückle, on whose appointment as " Hofmedailleur " to the Court of Baden, he became Medallist to the city of Augsburg. After the incorporation of that town in the kingdom of Bavaria, he obtained the title of K. B. Hofgraveur. The medals by Neuss, says Nagler, are of tasteful treatment, and of very careful a...
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NEUSS, JOHANN JAKOB (Germ.). Son of J. J. Neuss Senr. ; Medallist, and Gem-engraver, and owner of a private mint at Augsburg ; born in 1770 ; died in 1847 or 1848. He was apprenticed to J. M. Bückle, on whose appointment as " Hofmedailleur " to the Court of Baden, he became Medallist to the city of Augsburg. After the incorporation of that town in the kingdom of Bavaria, he obtained the title of K. B. Hofgraveur. The medals by Neuss, says Nagler, are of tasteful treatment, and of very careful a...
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NEWTON, SIR ISAAC
NEWTON, SIR ISAAC (Brit.). A famous natural philosopher, born in Woolsthorpe, near Grantham, in Lincolnshire, 25. December 1642, died in London, 20. March, 1727; buried in Westminster Abbey. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1661, where he applied himself to the study of mathematics, becoming professor in 1669. He invented the method of fluxions, established the theory of gravitation, discovered the composition of light, &c. In 1687, encouraged by Halley, he published his "Principia". I...
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NEWTON, SIR ISAAC (Brit.). A famous natural philosopher, born in Woolsthorpe, near Grantham, in Lincolnshire, 25. December 1642, died in London, 20. March, 1727; buried in Westminster Abbey. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1661, where he applied himself to the study of mathematics, becoming professor in 1669. He invented the method of fluxions, established the theory of gravitation, discovered the composition of light, &c. In 1687, encouraged by Halley, he published his "Principia". I...
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