Watch List notes:

SWEDEN. Gustav II Adolf den store (the Great). 1611–1632. Gilt Cast White Metal Medal (49mm, 30.59 g, 12h). Battle of Breitenfeld, 7 September 1631 OS. By Jean Gentil of Lutetiae (Paris). Dated 1631 (in Roman numerals). GuTAVuS ADOLPHuS D · G · SVECORuM GOT : ET VAN REX, Gustav Adolf on horseback facing slightly right, holding baton; below, view of battle and city of Breitenfeld; date in ornate tablet in exergue / Cruciform arms of Sweden and shields showing attributes of Gustav Adolf around central medallion with GA monogram; DE VS flanking medallion; crown above; arms around. Hildebrand 56; Forrer II 241-2. Good VF, areas of brown toning showing beneath gilding.


From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. EX NASCA (9 December 1980), lot 4111.