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Auction: 9026 - Ancient. English, Foreign Coins & Com. Medals
Lot: 513

Germany, Breisach, Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, silver gilt medal by Johann Blum on the capture of Breisach, 1638, herois huius in cuncta clarent secula, half-length bust of Bernhard facing, wearing armour and falling lace collar, holding baton in left hand, in wide border decorated with strapwork, Magni Ducis Saxon: Weim: Effifics within border, rev. city view from across the Rhine, brisach fortis, sed fortior deus fvit et wei marius. 1638 above, 53mm. (Berstett 96; Jungk 2; Merseb. 3860), attractive original gilding with only slight wear on the high points, extremely fine, very rare Estimate £ 1,000-1,500  

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£600