Ten Ducat Marriage Medal

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1251. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Ehemedaille (marriage medal). Georg Hautsch, engraver. 1683-1711. AV Medal of 10 Ducats (34.51 g, 12h). GOTT GEBE SEINEN SEGEN REICHLICH VBER EVCH (May God grant you his manifold blessings), young bridal couple facing, holding hands before God, who blesses the marriage; guardian angel to left, old man to right, streaming sun above, initials G H across fields / LAST VNS GOTT BITTEN, DEN WIR SIND KINDER D HEILIGN (Let us ask God, for we are children of the Holy One), bridal pair kneeling in prayer before burning brazier; angel to left, killing demon with sword; bed in background. Leu, Erlanger 2208; cf. GPH 1025 (in silver). Superb EF, minor friction marks.