Watch List notes:

GERMANY, Hamburg (Free and Hanseatic city). AR Medal (40mm, 23.52 g, 12h). By J. Reteke. Struck late 17th/early 18th century. Nicht dürch brillen (Not through spectacles) in script, male figure standing facing in fancy dress, holding gloves and spectacles and covering face with hand; rosette at end of legend / Der Rest ist gutt (The rest is good) in script, headless female figure standing facing, holding fan and hem of gown. Ophthalmologia XI.126 (this medal illustrated). Iridescent toning, marks and scratches in fields. EF.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (20 August 1986), lot 1037.