A Berlin cast iron medallion commemorating the German campaign - image-1
A Berlin cast iron medallion commemorating the German campaign - image-2
A Berlin cast iron medallion commemorating the German campaign - image-1A Berlin cast iron medallion commemorating the German campaign - image-2

Lot 431 Dα

A Berlin cast iron medallion commemorating the German campaign

Auction 1084 - overview Berlin
03.05.2017, 18:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 500 € - 1.000 €
Result: 465 € (incl. premium)

A Berlin cast iron medallion commemorating the German campaign

Depicting King Frederick William III addressing his troops. Inscribed below "PREUSSENS RITTERLICHER KOENIG RUFT SEIN TREUES VOLK. IM JAHRE 1813." and to the reverse "ANDENKEN AN DEN FREIHEITSKRIEG IN DEN JAHREN 1813.14.15.". Signed to both sides: GB HENSCHEL D., and C: IACOB FEC, respectively GB : HD and CIACOB FEC. Diameter 7.4 cm.
Model by C. Jacob after a design by Brothers Henschel, after 1815.

Literature

The model in: Arenhövel, Berlin 1982, p. 77 f, illus. 155.