Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2021 ANA Auction 16-21 Aug 2021
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Louis II de Male was count of Flanders when that province was one of the richest regions of Europe. Nominally part of France, Louis refused to pay homage to either the king of France or the king of England, steering a neutral course during the Hundred Years War. It was then that this imitation of a French chaise d'or was struck. This is the later of two types; the first shows an eagle on the count's shield rather than a lion. Later, he married his daughter to Philip, duke of Burgundy, uniting the two houses against the authority of the king of France.
Estimate: $2500 - $3500