Commemorative Medals, France, The Execution of Louis XVI, white metal medal, 1793, by C H Küchler, conjoined busts of the King and Marie Antoinette right, rev. the King's head held up to the crowds and militia around the guillotine, 51mm (Pollard 2; Hennin 465; Julius 254); Sweden, Gustav III, Assassination, white metal medal, 1792, by C. H. Küchler, armoured bust r., rev. figure holds wreath over a tomb bedecked with military trophies, 56mm. (Hild. 98; Pollard 3), both with some porosity, very fine, scarce (2)
Both struck at the Soho Mint, Birmingham.
(70-100)