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Two Medals with Tetragrammaton - Victory of the Swedes
Two Medals with Tetragrammaton - Victory of the Swedes
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1. Silver medal commemorating the victory of the Swedes (under King Gustav II Adolf) and the Protestants at the Battle of Breitenfeld, part of the Thirty Years' War, 1631.
Obverse: the tetragrammaton, inside a rising sun, surmounting the Latin legend "Dextera Tua Domine Percussit Inimicum" [Thy right hand shatters the enemy]. Surrounded by another legend. Reverse: Latin legend.
Diameter: 42 mm.
2. Medal commemorating the visit of Russian Tsar Peter the Great to Hamburg in 1713.
Obverse: tetragrammaton surrounded by the German legend "Sihe Der Huter Israel Schlafet Noch Schlummert Nicht" [He who keeps Israel Neither Slumbers nor Sleeps (Psalms 121, 4)]. On the bottom - "Im Ersten Monat / Des 1713 Iahrs" [In the first month / year of 1713].
Reverse: German legend.
Diameter: 35 mm.
Provenance: collection of Bruno Kirschner.
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Two Medals with Tetragrammaton - Victory of the Swedes

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