Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 37 25 Sep 2019
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Germany, Brandenburg-Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm I (1688-1713-1740), the soldier king, silver box medal [1732], unsigned, made in Augsburg, the expulsion of the Lutherans from Salzburg, Austria, God in clouds watches over three emigrants, legend on scroll above, on the base a column of emigrants greeted by the King and two courtiers, containing 17 single-sided hand-coloured roundels by Abraham Remshard after engravings by Gottfried Rogg (the reverses painted gold), telling of the persecution and expulsion, including the execution of George Scherer, map end-pieces of Lithuania and Salzburg, 44.75mm., the box extremely fine, the contents in very good condition with one single link (poorly) repaired
Bt. B. A. Seaby, mid 1950s?, with SCMB description undated but numbered M628 and priced at 78/-.
In 1731-2 many thousands of Lutherans were expelled from the Salzburg region by the Catholic authorities and became refugees. Eventually, with the permission of Friedrich Wilhelm 1 of Prussia, many of them settled in East Prussia.
(300-400 GBP)
Bt. B. A. Seaby, mid 1950s?, with SCMB description undated but numbered M628 and priced at 78/-.
In 1731-2 many thousands of Lutherans were expelled from the Salzburg region by the Catholic authorities and became refugees. Eventually, with the permission of Friedrich Wilhelm 1 of Prussia, many of them settled in East Prussia.
(300-400 GBP)