A medal, in commemoration of Goethe, has been struck at Berlin. On one
side is the portrait of the deceased, by the celebrated Leonard Posch,
crowned with laurel, bearing the inscription Jo. W. DE GOETHE NAT.
XXVIII AUG. MDCCXXXXIX. The likeness was taken a few years ago at
Weimar, and has been universally admired for its accuracy. On the
reverse is represented the Poet's Apotheosis. A swan bears him on his
wings to the starry regions, that appear expanded above, and to which
the Poet, having a golden lyre in his left arm, extends his right arm
with longing gaze. On this side is the inscription AD ASTRA REDIIT D.
XXII MART. MDCCCXXXIL--_Ibid_.
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