Watch List notes:

Germany, Brandenburg-Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm I (1688-1713-1740), the soldier king, silver box medal [1732], unsigned, made in Augsburg, the reception of the Salzburg emigrants, an emigrant family walking l., legend in scroll above, on the base the king enthroned under a canopy, receives a family who stand before him; containing 12 hand-coloured roundels by the Augsburg master Abraham Remshard, showing scenes of the emigrants' journey (the reverses with watercolour floral designs), map end-pieces, signed by Daniel Höcklinger, 44.5mm. (Pressler 809; Koch 2807), the roundels in good condition and mostly still linked, the box very fine
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)