The Thirty Years’ War - Victory at Breitenfield

CNG 94, Lot: 1995. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Sachsen-Albertinische Linie. temp. Johan Georg I. 1611-1656. AR Medal (66mm, 57.41 g, 12h). Commemorating the Victory of the Saxon-Swedish Alliance at Breitenfield. By Sebastian Dadler. Dated 7 September 1631 (dates in Roman numerals). IVSTITIA ET PIETAS CONSTANS ANIMVSQVE TRIUMPHANT. (Justice and Piety, together with a Steadfast Heart, triumph), Justice, holding sword, right, Courage, in military outfit, facing, and Piety, in military outfit and holding olive branch, left, all standing before crowned column, clasping right hands; above, tetragrammaton in Hebrew in a radiant halo above manus Dei; below, ornate cartouche inscribed “gott mitt uns” in fraktur (God with us) above S D; city view of Leipzig in background / AUXILLIANTE DEO PRESSIS VICTORIA VENIT AN: MDCXXXI VII SEPT(embris): · (with God’s support to the oppressed victory came in the year 1631 7 September), view of the battlefield in the midst of the engagement; skyline of town of Breitenfield on horizon; above in clouds, Erzengel Michael flying left, holding sword and surrounded by seven stars. Maué 28; Więcek 72; Hildebrand 28. Near EF, attractively toned.