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Sweden, Kingdom. Temp. Gustav IV Adolphe. Henrik Wrede AR Medal. Struck by the Swedish Academy in 1805. Stamped by C. Enhörning. HENRICUS WREDE CENTURIO EQUITUM, coat of arms of the Wrede family / QUOD SE PRO REGE DEVOVIT, coat of arms; AD KERKHOLM 1605 in two lines in exergue. Hildebrand, Minnespenningar öfver enskilda Svenska Män och Quinnor, p. 12.
NGC graded MS 62 (#6670903-013). Correction to NGC description (not commemorative of Gustav IV Adolphe's death).
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
This medal commemorates Henrik Wrede who was killed in the battle of Kirkholm (1605) during the Second Polish War after giving his horse to King Charles IX whose own horse had been shot down. In thanks for Wrede's sacrifice, the king donated land to his widow and sons who also became barons.
NGC graded MS 62 (#6670903-013). Correction to NGC description (not commemorative of Gustav IV Adolphe's death).
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
This medal commemorates Henrik Wrede who was killed in the battle of Kirkholm (1605) during the Second Polish War after giving his horse to King Charles IX whose own horse had been shot down. In thanks for Wrede's sacrifice, the king donated land to his widow and sons who also became barons.