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Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 52  18 Nov 2020
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Lot 283

Estimate: 90 GBP
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Foreign Medals, Germany, Prussia, Frederick II, the Great (1712-1740-1786), the Triumphs of the King, 1760, Commemorative Tobacco Box, in brass and copper, by Johann Heinrich Giese (1716-1761) of Iserlohn (Westphalia), with medallic images; oblong oval copper box with brass lid and base, lid: full length portrait of Frederick in dress uniform with Order and tricorn hat, helmet to his side, FRIDERICUS MAGNUS BORUSSORUM REX, base: with Prussian eagle over twelve battle vignettes TRIUMPHI FRIDERICI MAXIMI, each battle named, MOLWIZ - ZCASLA - FRIEDBERG - SORR - KESSELSDORF - LOWOSITZ - PRAG - ROSBACH - LISSA - ZORNDORF - LIGNITZ – TORGAU, PRO GLORIA ET PATRIA; signed 'IOH. HENR GIESE FEC' (lid) and 'I H GIESE FECIT ISER' (base), 160 x 60 x 32mm, in very good order, slight damage to hinge, a rare box with full-length portrait
The Battles depicted are Mollwitz, 10 April 1741; Chotusitz, 17 May 1742; Hohenfriedberg, 4 June 1745; Soor, 30 September 1745; Kesselsdorf, 15 December 1745; Lobositz, 1 October 1756; Prag [Prague], 6 May 1757; Rossbach, 5 November 1757; Lissa [Leuthen], 5 December 1757; Zorndorf, 25 August 1758; Liegnitz, 15 August 1760 and Torgau, 3 November 1760.
(150-200 GBP)
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