Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Medals of the Early Colonial Period and the European Heritage, Capture of Fort Larrayal, Brazil, 1637, a complimentary base metal presentation medal of the Dutch West India Company to Colonel Christoffel Artischofski [Arciszewski], unsigned, trophy of arms and shield of Portugal on column, panorama of Fort Larrayal beyond, rev. heroi generis nobilitate armorum, etc, 63mm (van Loon II, 235; Betts 37). Seemingly once gilt, somewhat ‘patchy’ surface, otherwise about very fine £300-400

Provenance: Johnson and Jensen Auction 14 (Danbury, Connecticut), 13 December 1981, lot 525.

Cristoffel Artischofski, a Polish nobleman, fought for the Dutch for a three year period, the medal being given to him for the taking of Fort Larrayal from the Portuguese