[BAVARIA - LUITPOLD, PRINCE REGENT (1886–1912)] 12-ducat gold medal, awarded as first prize to exhibitors at the Bavarian Exhibition of Industry, Crafts, and Fine Arts in Nuremberg, 1896. Weight: 40.4 g. Diameter: 39 mm. Medal designed in 1896 by Alois Börsch and Anton Scharff. - Obverse: Bust of Prince Regent Luitpold facing left. In the lower part of the circular inscription is a horizontal scepter, surrounded by an olive branch pointing to the right. Circular inscription: “PRINZ . LUITPOLD . DES . KOENIGREICHS . BAYERN . VERWESER” (Prince Luitpold, Regent of the Kingdom of Bavaria). - Reverse: A female allegory of the City, seated on a throne adorned with the state coat of arms and facing left, presents a laurel wreath to a kneeling craftsman holding a hammer and a cogwheel. On the left, a putto also holds a laurel wreath, while various works of art occupy the center of the composition. The exhibition building appears in the background. Circular inscription: “BAYER . LANDES- INDUSTRIE- GEWERBE- U. KUNSTAUSSTELLUNG . NÜRNBERG 1896” (Bavarian Exhibition of Industry, Crafts, and Fine Arts, Nuremberg 1896). Edge: Stamped “JUST & SOHNE KANDEL.” Bibliographic references: Gebhardt, no. 358. Signs of wear.