Ferdinand Anton Nicolaus Teutenberg ( 1840–1933 ) was a German-born engraver, jeweler, and medallist who became one of New Zealand’s most accomplished colonial artisans. 

Trained by his father, an engraver to the King of Prussia, he arrived in Auckland in 1866 and soon gained prominence with his first major commission—the gargoyles and royal insignia for the Supreme Court.

Over his career, he produced an extensive array of medals, seals, and presentation pieces, many now highly sought after.

His most celebrated work, the 1875 S.M.S. Gazelle medal—struck in copper at his own expense and presented to each crew member of the visiting German warship—is today regarded as one of the most significant pieces in New Zealand medallic art. 

Of even greater significance is this recent rediscovery by Aventine—an original surviving Teutenberg die, previously unknown and unpublished in the Teutenburg catalogue of the Numismatic Society of Auckland.

One of the earliest recorded references to this medal appears in The Evening Star of November 1875.