New Passion Play Theatre at Oberammergau

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Artist/Maker	Lauer, Ludwig, Christoph (medallist)
Place of origin	Nuremberg (made)

This medal depicting the New Passion Play Theatre at Oberammergau is made by Ludwig Christoph Lauer in Nuremberg in 1890.

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Categories	Coins & Medals Portraits Sculpture
Object type	Medal
Title	New Passion Play Theatre at Oberammergau (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Bronze
Brief description	Medal, bronze, New Passion Play Theatre at Oberammergau, by Ludwig Christoph Lauer, Austria, 1890
Physical description	Obverse: the panorama of the city Oberammergau and the mountain scenery. Inscribed. Reverse: the building of the new Passion Play Theatre. Inscribed.
Dimensions	Diameter: 6cm
Marks and inscriptions	'OBERAMMERGAU/1890' [signed] 'L. CH. LAUER' (obverse) 'NEUES PASSIONSSPIELHAUS' [bottom] 'ZUR ERINNERUNG / AN DAS / PASSIONSPIEL' (reverse) Translation 'New Passion Play Theatre / In Memory of the Passion Play'
Object history	Given in the name of Baurat Hartwig Fischel by his son Paul J Gordon-Fischel, Chessington, Surrey, in 1983.
Summary	This medal depicting the New Passion Play Theatre at Oberammergau is made by Ludwig Christoph Lauer in Nuremberg in 1890.
Bibliographic reference	Forrer, L. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, III, London, p. 319
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	A.14-1983

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O349310/new-passion-play-theatre-at-medal-lauer-ludwig-christoph/

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