Baldwin & Sons
Auction 101 28 September 2016
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Italy, Michael Viale-Prèla (1799-1860), Priest and Diplomat, German Uniface Bronze Portrait Medal, 1850, by Karl Friedrich Voigt, bust left in ecclesistical robes and cap, 87mm, suspension loop to reverse. Much as made, nearly extremely fine.
Viale-Prelà had been appointed Nuncio in Austria in 1845 and became close to Metternich. The medal dates from the time he was negotiating for the Vatican with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1852 he was appointed a Cardinal in pectore.
Estimate: £180-220
Viale-Prelà had been appointed Nuncio in Austria in 1845 and became close to Metternich. The medal dates from the time he was negotiating for the Vatican with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1852 he was appointed a Cardinal in pectore.
Estimate: £180-220