A rare medal commemorating the plague of locusts that passed over Silesia in the 18th century.
An iconographically inconspicuous numismatic medal commemorating a natural disaster that fell on the region. The arrival of locusts from Moravia in August 1748, which ravaged meadows and grasslands. As we read in the chronicles of the time: it lingered even to the thickness of a palm, and gnawed through everything.
Obverse: grasshopper. In the rim: EIN UNGEBETNER GAST, in the section AVS FREMDEN / LANDEN(uninvited guest from a foreign country).
Reverse: swarm of locusts flying into the forest. In the rim: KOMMT FELD UND WALD ZUR LAST. In the segment the date 1748.
Silver, diameter 22 mm, weight 3.46 g.
