Watch List notes:

SWEDEN: Gustav II Adolf, 1611-1632, AR medal (5½ thalers) (132.4g), 1634, Dav-275A (Erfurt), Wiecek-89, Maué-35, BEH-192, 77mm cast funeral medal for Gustav II Adolf by S. Dadler, King lying in state with battle scene behind and putti attending from clouds above with radiant Hebrew inscription above and NATUS 9 DEC: ANNO 1594 / GLORIOSE MORTUUS 6 / NOU: ANO 1632 in exergue, and with GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS MAGNUS DEI GRATIA SUECOR: GOTHOR: ET VANDALOR: REX AUGUSTUS. around all // King in chariot advancing left with ET VITA ET MORTE / TRIUMPHO above and "DUX GLORIOS PRINCPIUS HEROS INVICT VICTOR INCOMPARAB TRIUMPH FELIX & GERM LIBERATOR a1634." around all, very minor tooling, plain edge, VF. Gustav II Adolf was killed on the battlefield of Lützen on November 6, 1632 in the Thirty Years' War. His body was returned to Sweden in 1633 to Nyköping, where it remained until the funeral monument in Stockholm was completed. His funeral finally occurred on June 22, 1634. He was accorded the title of "Gustavus Adolfus the Great", the only Swedish monarch so honored.

Estimate: 1,000-1,200 USD