Lot 725
Medal with the Tetragrammaton – Victory of the Swedes at the Battle of Breitenfeld, 1631
Silver medal commemorating the victory of the Swedes (under King Gustav II Adolf) and the Protestants at the Battle of Breitenfeld, part of the Thirty Years' War, 1631.
Obverse: The tetragrammaton, inside a rising sun, surmounting the Latin legend "Dextera Tua Domine Percussit Inimicum" [Thy right hand shatters the enemy]. Surrounded by another legend. Reverse: Latin legend.
Diameter: 42 mm. Good condition. Some defects.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
