A medal of great rarity, which at Polish auctions, in recent years, was found only in the form of copies.
Here in the original minting, in silver.
A medal commemorating the prefect of Breslau - General Wendessen - which, on the reverse, describes his command of the troops that completed the incorporation of Warsaw into Prussia in 1796.
Scratches in front of the portrait (masking the engraving). Very nice reverse.
Signed A. König.
Silver, diameter 43 mm, weight 28.33 g.
Obverse: bust to the left, richly decorated with orders. In the rim: BALTHASARI LUDOVICO A WENDESSEN WRATISLAVIAE REGUNDAE PRAEFECTO ARMIS VIRTUTE FIDE CLARO CARO CIVIBUS ET MILITIBUS
Reverse: crane standing left, on fasces and lion skin, holding rudder. In the rim: VARSOVIAM UT IDEM MUNUS SUBIRET PETENTI D 2 IANUAR 1796 GRATUS DUCUM LEGIONIS CUI PRAEEST ANIMUS
