Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 17th May 2023
Lot 185
Prussia: Frederick II 'The Great'
Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £200
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Description
Prussia: Frederick II 'The Great', a scarce silver box medal, 50mm, Victories in Silesia, draped bust left, rev. allegorical figures of Victory and Time, 'VERITATIS PARADOXA'; containing 38 linked paper discs bearing engravings of military victories with explanatory texts verso, in the back a map of Silesia, gap in seam of box lid, otherwise at least very fine.