Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 54 9 Dec 2020
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Commemorative Medals, Denmark, Christian IV (1577-1588-1648), the Capitulation of Kalmar [Sweden], large silver medal, 1611, by Nicolaus Schwabe, three-quarter length bust r., holding baton of rank, before a table on which rests his helmet, panoramic cityscape of Kalmar, an explosion on walls to r., riders gallop in foreground, CEDE - MAIORI / CALMAR, in field, 63.5mm. (Galster 43), trace of mounting to top edge and tooling in fields, about very fine
*ex A. H. Baldwin vault
possibly also ex. O'Byrne Collection
The city of Kalmar, in what is now southern Sweden, was surrendered to Christian IV by the castle's governor, Christer Abrahamsson Somme, in 1611 and with little resistance. The Kalmark War continued to 1613 when the Peace of Knäred was signed. Kalmar was returned to Sweden after payment of one million thalers.
(700-900 GBP)
*ex A. H. Baldwin vault
possibly also ex. O'Byrne Collection
The city of Kalmar, in what is now southern Sweden, was surrendered to Christian IV by the castle's governor, Christer Abrahamsson Somme, in 1611 and with little resistance. The Kalmark War continued to 1613 when the Peace of Knäred was signed. Kalmar was returned to Sweden after payment of one million thalers.
(700-900 GBP)