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FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Free City, white medal medal (17.41g), 1848, Unc

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FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Free City, white medal medal (17.41g), 1848, Unc
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FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Free City, white medal medal (17.41g), 1848, Forster-553, 37mm white metal medal by Gottfried Bernhard Drentwett for the Frankfurt National Assembly; DEUTSCHES PARLAMENT above two large, mature oak trees arch inward toward each other over a hilly landscape, between the trees, a rising sun is visible behind a German double-headed imperial eagle, date below // VEREINIGUNG FÜR VOLKES RECHTE - FÜR VOLKES WOHL above a knight (representing historical military chivalry/nobility) and a citizen/burgher (representing the common people) shake hands to swear an oath together, they stand directly over an altar block inscribed with the word CONSTITUTION, with flags and upright spears flank the background, and at their feet on the ground lies a broken chain, representing liberation from oppressive rule, DRENTWETT F. in exergue, some contact marks, proof like fields, Unc. The Frankfurt National Assembly (Frankfurter Nationalversammlung) was the first freely elected parliament for all German states, including the German-populated areas of the Austrian Empire. The session was held from 18 May 1848 to 30 May 1849 in the Paulskirche at Frankfurt am Main. Its existence was part of the result of the "March Revolution" within the states of the German Confederation.