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GERMANY, Peter Tesdorpf Appointed Burgermeister of Lübeck, 1715, a gold medal signed I.H.F. [perhaps by J.F. Hilcken], bust right, rev. crowned arms, 39mm, 17.42g. Mount removed from reverse and flan somewhat crimped, otherwise very fine, rare £300-400

Peter Heinrich Tesdorpf (1648-1723), from an important Hanseatic family, wine importer, burgermeister of Lübeck 1715-22, friend of the baroque composer Dietrich Büxtehude and a regular attender at the Marienkirche