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420, Lot: 552. Estimate $100.
Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Sachsen-Albertinische Linie (Kurfürstentum). temp. Friedrich August II (Augustus III of Poland). 1733-1763. AR Medal (33mm, 11.22 g, 12h). Victory over the Prussians at the Battle of Kasselsdorf, 15 December 1745 and the Peace of Dresden, 25 December 1745. Dresden mint; unsigned after G. W. Kittel. DER KESSELSDORFFERSIEG, Banner surmounted by small eagle set on battlefield surrounded by corpses; above, Victory, flying right and holding palm, holding wreath above eagle; D. 15 DEC · in exergue / BESCHLOS DEN SCHWEREN KRIEG, Victory, holding banner inscribed [FRIE]DE AVE ERD, flying right above city of Dresden; ZU DRESDEN/D · 25 · DEC ·/1745 in three lines in exergue. Schulman, Pax 547; Olding 907; Merseburger 2415. Good Fine, polished, field marks.


From the David Nelson Collection, purchased from Münzhandlung Ritter.