Germany Medal '1715' ND Return of Elector Maximilian II Emanuel to Bavaria – Müller / Vestner vf

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Germany – Medal ca. 1715 (later base metal strike) – Return of Elector Maximilian II Emanuel to Bavaria – Müller / Vestner

Obverse
Armoured bust of Elector Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria facing right, wearing a long periwig and the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Around: “MAX. EMAN. COM. PAL. RHENI VTR. BAV. DVX S. R. I. ARCHID. ELEC.” Design after Philipp Heinrich Müller.

Reverse
Allegorical scene showing Victory presenting a radiant divine image (the returning ruler) to a kneeling figure of Bavaria. A colonnaded structure in the background. Latin legend:
“REBUS IAM RITE PERACTIS HUIC SE FORMA DEI VULTU REDEUNTIS EODEM OBTULI”.
(Untranslated: “When all things had been rightly accomplished, I offered to him the form of a god in the face of one returning.”) Design after Georg Wilhelm Vestner.

Historical Context
This medal commemorates the restoration of Maximilian II Emanuel to his hereditary lands and his reinstatement as Elector of Bavaria following the end of his exile after the War of the Spanish Succession. Originally designed by renowned medallists Philipp Heinrich Müller (obverse) and Georg Wilhelm Vestner (reverse), this example is a later strike in base metal, likely intended for collectors or institutional display. The richly allegorical reverse celebrates the divine sanction of his return to power around 1715.

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