Watch List notes:

World Medals, Germany, Lower Saxony, Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand (1780-1806), the restoration of William V as Stadholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, white metal medal, 1787, by Reich, uniformed bust left, rev. cityscape of Amsterdam, arms of the Provinces above and below, 46.5mm. (Brockmann 529), with usual copper plug, nearly extremely fine
Ex O'Byrne Collection;
Ex Baldwin's vault
The Duke, as Field Marshal of the Prussian army, commanded the 20,000-strong force that invaded the Netherlands on 13 September 1787. He rapidly restored the authority of William V and the Patriots surrendered Amsterdam on 10 October.