A Carl Schurz commemorative medal presented by Erftstadt in 1977. On one side it has a head and shoulder engraving of Carl with the following inscription:-
CARL SCHURZ 1829-1906
Wo die Freiheit ist.da ist ein Vaterland.
On the reverse side are the following words:-
Geburtssatte Carl Schurz Vorburg SchloB Gracht
Carl Christian Schurz was a German revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer. He migrated to the United States after the German revolutions of 1848–49 and became a prominent member of the Republican Party. After serving as a Union general in the American Civil War, he helped found the short lived Liberal Republican Party and became a prominent advocate of civil service reform. Schurz represented Missouri in the United States Senate and was the 13th United States Secretary of the Interior.
Wokingham Town Museum Unique Identifier: WTH0280