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Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 25 - Argentum  3 Nov 2018
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Lot 358

Estimate: 200 GBP
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Commemorative Medals, George II, The birth and death of a child to Prince William and Princess Anne of Orange, silver medal, 1736, by N. van Swinderen, crowned oval shields of England and Nassau, lion supporters, rev. seated mother cradles child, 41mm (MI 516/71; Eimer 536; vL suppl. 101), nearly extremely fine
*ex Baldwin's vault
Princess Anne (1709-1759), eldest daughter of George II and Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach), styled Princess Royal 1727. The child lived only a few hours and the medal, prepared in advance, had to be quickly adapted, and on the reverse a fruit drops from an orange tree, though the legend SPES ALTERA SURGIT [Another hope arises] remained.
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