| Description | Obverse: bust of Frederick of Baden, Protector of the University, left profile, bearded, in uniform, with decoration, and loose mantle trimmed with ermine. Reverse: the Genius of Heidelberg standing and facing, her hands resting, on either side, on oval panels, bearing, on the left, the bust of the Elector Rupert, right profile, founder of the University, 1356; on right, bust of the Elector Charles Frederick, left profile, who reconstituted the same in 1803. Jewelled scrolls carried from the base of each panel terminate with a laurel and palm branch. The central figure has long flowing hair, and wears loose drapery which leaves the arms bare; in left hand a laurel branch; her feet in sandals; at the girdle of her waist in the arms of Baden. In the distance, in low relief, the Castle of Heidelberg |
| InscriptionContent | Obverse: FREDERICUS . D . G . BADARUM . M . DVX . RECTOR . HEID . PERP. Below: SCHWENZER
Reverse: UNIVERSITAS . HEIDELBERGENSIS . A . RUPERTO . CONDITA . A . CAROLO . FRIDERICO . INSTAURATA. In exergue: on a scrolled panel, SAECULUM . SEXTUM . PIE . AUSPICATUR . A . D . MDCCCLXXXVI. Below: H. GOTZ INV.; H. SCHWENZER FEC. |