German token for dinner (before WWI)?

[ZYV]

Please tell:
where?
when?
who?
why?

[ZYV]

and Rv.

[sigistenz]

BURS.ALBERT.FRIBURG. are abbreviations. As there is an ALBERTINUM in FRIBOURG, Switzerland, the token is probably from there (Dominican Priory) - see link.
http://myoxfordmovements.blogspot.be/2011/06/weekend-in-switzerland.html

[chrisild]

Could also be related to Freiburg, BW, DE though. The Latin(ized) version of Freiburg is Friburgum ...

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertusburse (article in German)

And - welcome, sigistenz, to the World of Coins!

Christian

[sigistenz]

Could also be related to Freiburg, BW, DE though. The Latin(ized) version of Freiburg is Friburgum ...

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertusburse (article in German)

And - welcome, sigistenz, to the World of Coins!

Christian

Bingo - that must be it!   Thanks for welcoming me, Sigi

[ZYV]

Dear  sigistenz,
dear chrisild
thank You very much for Your help!

[translateltd]

Menzel, catalogue reference 8117/2 (Freiburg, Germany), brass, 18.6 mm.  There is an "ABEND" version too (8117/1).

Menzel quotes a reference in the literature: Zerbes, Georg: Studentische Wertmarken im deutschsprachigen Raum, 3. Auflage, Müllheim 1998.

[ZYV]

Dear translateltd,
thank You for the information!

Who, where and why we Know. 
And what can be said about
- dating,
- current market price
                                   of the token?

[translateltd]

Menzel doesn't give a date.  Price quoted is €20.  One more item off the list :-)

[chrisild]

That Burse (students home) in Freiburg was founded in 1900, so the token cannot be older than that. By the way, "Mittag" is noon, so that one was for lunch. Martin's "Abend" (evening/night) would be the dinner counterpart. The place still serves breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, except that dinner may be somewhat frugal. Don't know when they stopped using such tokens though ...

Christian

[ZYV]

Dear friends - thank You!
It's really impressive help!

[FosseWay]

By the way, "Mittag" is noon, so that one was for lunch. Martin's "Abend" (evening/night) would be the dinner counterpart.

Languages can be confusing... Middag as a time of day means midday in Swedish, but as a meal it means dinner. The "Swedish" for lunch is "lunch". 

[sigistenz]

Languages can be confusing... Middag as a time of day means midday in Swedish, but as a meal it means dinner. The "Swedish" for lunch is "lunch". 

Hey, "Mittag" means the time of the day in German, too. On a token it must be seen as the meal to be received at "Mittag", the "Mittagessen". 
Heydoa, Sigi

[chrisild]

Maybe this has something to do with the "main meal shift".   In most German speaking areas, the meal consumed around noon is, or at least was, the main meal of the day, while in the evening you would have something light. Quite possible that is used to be that way in Sweden too, and then the main meal moved forward (into the evening), and the word moved with it ...

Christian