Friedrich Wilhelm Kullrich

Friedrich Wilhelm Kullrich (born December 18, 1821 in Dahme / Mark , † September 1, 1887 in Berlin ) was a medalist and coin die cutter.

Commemorative medal for the 100th anniversary of death, Dahme / Mark 1987 (medalist: Jürgen Villmow , Berlin)

The premium medal of the Berlin Bauakademie from 1856, an early state commission (missing from Sommer). Front, with the head portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm IV.

The reverse of this Medal of Merit. By decree of Wilhelm I , it was recreated as a prize medal with a correspondingly modified text for students of the Technische Hochschule Berlin . See summer K 129.

Live and act

Kullrich was the son of Dahmer blacksmith Johann Friedrich Kullrich and was born in his house on December 18, 1821. He apprenticed to his father and became a blacksmith. From 1849 he was a student at the Berlin Art Academy. It was here that the sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch became aware of him in 1851 and entrusted him with the execution of a medal for the monument to Frederick the Great in Berlin . From 1855 Kullrich worked in Berlin as a medalist for state contracts for a fee and for private clients.

Ein-Vereinstaler 1868 Heinrich XIV. Reuss Prince Reuss of the younger line (1867–1913)
Stamp of court medalist Friedrich Wilhelm Kullrich

In 1859 Kullrich was appointed to the Berlin Mint and cut the stamps for the Prussian currency coins. After 1871 he created the first coins for the German Empire.

Kullrich also made stamps for Heinrich XIV. Prince Reuss younger line, who had his coins minted in Berlin, a. a. for the Vereinstaler from 1868 and the 20 Mark piece from 1881.

Kullrich was the father of Friedrich Kullrich and Reinhard Kullrich .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Klaus Sommer: The medals of the royal Prussian court medalists Christoph Carl Pfeuffer and Friedrich Wilhelm Kullrich . Friedrich Wilhelm Kullrich. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1986, p. 87 ff .
2. ^ Arnold / Küthmann / Steinhilber: Grosser Deutscher Münzkatalog from 1800 to today , 29th edition 2014, p. 332f. No. 41 and 44

literature

• Max Wald: Flämingheft 12 in 3 editions
  • 1st edition: chat about money and medals ; Dahme / Mark, 1928
  • 2nd edition: From Dahmer blacksmith journeyman to coin medalist in the capital of the Reich, chat about money and memorial coins ; Dahme / Mark, 1938
  • 3rd edition: From Dahmer blacksmiths journeyman to coin medalist in the Reich capital, chat about money and memorial coins ; Dahme / Mark, 1944
• Klaus Sommer: Friedrich Wilhelm Kullrich - Royal Court Medalist in Berlin: His life and work . In: Numismatisches Nachrichten-Blatt , issue 10/1982, vol. 31, pp. 292–319.
• Klaus Sommer: The medals of the royal Prussian court medalists Christoph Carl Pfeuffer and Friedrich Wilhelm Kullrich . Osnabrück 1986.
• Klaus Sommer: Addendum to the medals of the royal Prussian court medalists Christoph Carl Pfeuffer and Friedrich Wilhelm Kullrich . Osnabrück 1989.
• Julius Mader: The Dahmer Friedrich Wilhelm Kullrich: An internationally recognized artist , in Luckauer Heimatkalender, 1985, pp. 31–37
• Kulturbund der DDR: Numismatic Contributions 1989 Volume 4. (including a rare medal by Friedrich Wilhelm Kullrich )
• Lothar Tewes, Elke Bannicke: An extraordinary medal documentation in memory of the assassination attempt on June 2, 1878 on the Kaiser and King Wilhelm I in medals and decorations, 14th year, No. 82 (December 2012), pp. 302-308