"Three hundred years ago Torun, tormented by the Teutonic Knights, throws off its yoke in the night" proclaims a medal commemorating the three-hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of Torun into Poland.
This is one of the few medals of this king referring directly to a Polish city. Rare, and additionally with a prized provenance - of a mysterious collection known, among other things, for the multi-drachma and multi-drachma coins of Royal Poland (round punca on the rim, at 12 o'clock).
Its minting was most likely commissioned by the City Council, and Ludwig Christian Koch was the author of the stamps. He placed on it two scenes from those events. On the obverse, the moment of the herald handing a letter to the Grand Master of the Order (Ludwig Erlichshausen), who was on the hunt, which is complemented by the legend informing of the Prussian Union's denunciation of obedience on February 6, 1454. And on the reverse, the panorama of Toruń on the Vistula River, with the Teutonic castle burning in the center, and the date chronos (1754) placed in the rim.
Very nice presentable art. In a cabinet-like patina. With natural mint luster in the rim.
