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Auction: 15005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 228

Poland, Stanislaus Augustus (1764-95), gold Medal for Merit, 45.07g, undated, stanislaus augustus d.g. rex poloniae m.d. litua., head right, hair held in band, signed on truncation i.p.h., rev. merentibus., wreaths of olive, laurel, and oak, 40mm. (H.Cz.3381 - R5; Raczynski 497), hairlines, extremely fine, extremely rare

provenance
Adolph Hess, 15 October 1965, lot 1011 (illustrated), CHF.1,350

Hutten-Czapski notes of these medals: 'donnée aussi en or aux Uhlans, qui s'étaient faits remarquer dans les escarmouches avec les confédérés de Bar.' Stanislaus Augustus formed a Royal Guard Regiment, the Royal Uhlans, which became the model for later Polish cavalry regiments.

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Sold for
£16,000