Joseph Joachim: Mayer & Wilhelm, Stuttgart
Bronze plaque: 50,8 x 39 mm, 40,5 g., giving Joachim’s birth date as 15 July, 1831. The presently accepted date of Joachim’s birth is June 28, 1831 — the date on his gravestone. Joachim himself used both dates — first the July date and later the June date. There is no official record of Joachim’s birth, and it is possible that he was approximately a year older than either of these dates.