Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Germany, 125th Anniversary of the Birth of Queen Louise of Prussia, 1901, a bronze medal by Prof. R. Mayer, bust left in gauze scarf, rev. Queen seated on chair, watching her two sons playing with a toy cannon and a standard, 60mm (BDM III, 636). Good very fine; in red card box (£40-60)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Art Medals formed by Hans-P. Wipfler.

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Augusta Wilhelmina Louise (1776-1810), daughter of Prince Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Princess Frederica Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, became Queen of Prussia on the accession of her husband, Frederick William III, in November 1797. Well known for her captivating beauty and arguably the force behind the Prussian throne at that time, she died of complications following a bout of typhoid in July 1810