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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Dr. Carl Schwing silver Specimen "50th Anniversary" Medal 1855 SP64 PCGS, Endrusseit-66b, Sommer-P92, cf. Pogge-1620. 47.5mm. 43.20gm. By Pfeuffer. Bust, left wearing Order medals on necklace and lapel, signed below truncation / City arms between lion and griffin supporters to either side standing on an ornate plinth. Housed in an oversized holder.
Dr. Carl Georg Schwing (1778-1858) was a German lawyer and mayor of Stralsund, a Hanseatic town in the Pomeranian part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. He entered the courts in 1805, and to the city council in 1805. In 1840 he was awarded the Red Eagle Order with a bow, which was increased in 1855 with oak leaves. Then in 1843 he became City Council Secretary. The Swedish King Oskar I awarded him the title of "Hofrat" in 1853 and the Commander's Cross of the Wasaords in 1855. In the same year the "Bürgermeister Schwing" was christened in in his honor.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 300-400 USD
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Dr. Carl Schwing silver Specimen "50th Anniversary" Medal 1855 SP64 PCGS, Endrusseit-66b, Sommer-P92, cf. Pogge-1620. 47.5mm. 43.20gm. By Pfeuffer. Bust, left wearing Order medals on necklace and lapel, signed below truncation / City arms between lion and griffin supporters to either side standing on an ornate plinth. Housed in an oversized holder.
Dr. Carl Georg Schwing (1778-1858) was a German lawyer and mayor of Stralsund, a Hanseatic town in the Pomeranian part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. He entered the courts in 1805, and to the city council in 1805. In 1840 he was awarded the Red Eagle Order with a bow, which was increased in 1855 with oak leaves. Then in 1843 he became City Council Secretary. The Swedish King Oskar I awarded him the title of "Hofrat" in 1853 and the Commander's Cross of the Wasaords in 1855. In the same year the "Bürgermeister Schwing" was christened in in his honor.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 300-400 USD