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BRANDENBURG-PRUSSIA: Friedrich II, 1740-1786, AR medal (34.74g), 1757, F-VF

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BRANDENBURG-PRUSSIA: Friedrich II, 1740-1786, AR medal (34.74g), 1757, F-VF
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BRANDENBURG-PRUSSIA: Friedrich II, 1740-1786, AR medal (34.74g), 1757, Henckel-1620, Horsky-4970, 48mm bronze medal by Johann Georg Holtzhey to Commemorate the Battle of Prague; RIDERICVS MAGN. D. G. REX BORVSS. EL. BRAND. DVX SILES ET. around right-facing, half-length profile portrait of Frederick the Great, wearing a laurel wreath in his hair and an ornate military cuirass // FAMA PRVDENTIA ET VIRTVTE above Victory holding a shield inscribed VICTORIA FRIDERICI MAGN above elements marked ALBISIL and MOLDA to signify the local Elbe and Moldau (Vltava) rivers, AVSTR. EXERC. PROPE. PRAG. FVNDIT CÆSO ET PRAGA. OBSESSA. VI. MAJI. MDCCLVII ""Total defeat of the Austrian army near Prague, and Prague besieged, the 6th of May, 1757."" in exergue, F-VF. This medal was struck to commemorate the Battle of Prague and the subsequent siege of the city during the Seven Years' War on May 6, 1757. Designed by the Dutch master medalist Johann Georg Holtzhey, it features detailed Latin iconography celebrating the military campaign of King Frederick the Great.