This large and beautiful Gold medal from Germany was struck in 1957 to honor the 500th anniversary of the establishment of the University of Freiburg, in southwestern Germany, in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg. The university was founded in 1457 by the Hapsburg dynasty of Austria, and is currently the fifth oldest university in Germany. Freiburg has a long tradition of teaching the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, and attracts students not only from Germany, but from more than 120 foreign nations.

The medal itself is a beauty, and hallmarked on its edge at .985 purity.