COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, Italy / Greece, The Victories in Morea, Fortresses Captured from the Turks, 1686, Silver Medal, by Lazarus Gottlein Lauffer and Georg Hautsch, winged Victory seated holding tablet, genii around with plans of the fortresses, rev broad panorama of the city of Venice, URBS VICTRIX, lettered edge, 42mm (Voltolini 1048; Ser 97; MH 83). Extremely fine, toned and extremely rare.
The war on Morea which led to the capture of the fortresses was a successful campaign by Francesco Morosini and Count Otto von Königsmarck
Estimate: £300-400