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Denmark, The Great Fire, Copenhagen, 1795, a silver medal by D.F. Loos, figures escaping from burning building, rev. boy seated on a haystack, wreath in his hand, open landscape with buildings beyond, 37mm. Good very fine (£60-80)

One third of the city of Copenhagen was destroyed in the city’s great fire, which burned from 5-7 June 1795 and resulted in some 18,000 casualties