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SWEDEN. Kristina. 1632–1654. AR Box Medal. Abdication and Flight to Denmark. Box medal created from a 1635 Salzburg Taler. Inside, a hand-painted portrait of Kristina, with seven mica rondels depicting various male disguises. Attached loop. For a Swedish box medal with similar mica rondels, see: Sonntag 21, lot 528. Toned. Good VF. A few of the mica rondels chipped.
From the DMS Collection.
Note from the collector: This is a showpiece item that illustrates Christina's modes of disguise as she escaped to Denmark, then to the continent and finally to the Vatican where she converted to Roman Catholicism from her Lutheran faith. She lived out her days in the Vatican under the protection of the Roman Catholic Pope.
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