Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Medals of the Early Colonial Period and the European Heritage, Capture of Pernambuco, Brazil, and other Dutch Victories, 1631, a silver medal by A. van der Wilge, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. heraldic Dutch lion and supporters, ornate cartouches of Grol, Wesel, Pernambuco and the Capture of the Spanish Silver fleet in Matanzas Bay, Cuba in cartouches dividing date, 68mm, 69.18g (van Loon II, 190 var; Betts 30; KPK 611; MH 524). About extremely fine, slate-grey tone £3,000-4,000

Provenance: An Important Group of Medals of the Low Countries, Sotheby Auction, 30-1 March 1995, lot 792