GERMANY - ALLEMAGNE Magdeburg (city of). Gold medal, award of the Magdeburg Fire Insurance Company, Special Strike (SP) ND. Av. Within a composite frame, with an oak wreath, shield festooned with the arms of Magdeburg, all surmounted by the crowned imperial eagle. Rv. Crown formed of two oak branches, inscribed in twelve lines: DANK / DER / MAGDEBURGER / FEUER / VERSICHERUNGS / GESELLSCHAFT / UND / ANERKENNUNG / DER / VERDIENSTE / UM / DIESELBE. Gold - 24.58 g - 34 mm - 12 h With engraved attribution to Alfred Grandjean. PCGS SP Genuine Test Cut-UNC Detail (55936856). Special strike, with matt relief and mirror fields. Two notches on the reverse listel. Fingerprints. Superb. The Magdeburg Fire Insurance Company was founded in 1844. The company's head office was at Breiten Weg 7/8 in Magdeburg: it was regarded as Germany's leading fire insurance company of the 19th century.