Lot 277
Johann Georg I. 1615-1656. Silver medal 1631 by Sebastian Dadler. 65 mm. The Battle of Breitenfeld. Obv. IVSTITIA ET PIETAS CONSTANS ANIMVSQVE TRIUMPHANT. Pax, Justice and Constantia holding a crowned column, Leipzig in the background. Rev. AVXILIANTE DEO PRESSIS VICTORIA VENIT AN MDCXXXI VII SEPT. A view of the battle. AR. 65.64 g. XF scratch
The Battle of Breitenfeld was the first major victory for the combined Swedish and other Protestant forces in the Thirty Years War.
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