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Auction: 7023 - The Glenister Collection of British Coins & other Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 385

g Germany, Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm IV, Prize Medal for Industry, 1844, gold medal by C. Pffuffer, head right, signed below truncation, rev. view of the Zeughauses, legend in five lines below PREIS DEM FRIEDR. KRUPP BEI ESSEN ZUERKANNT, 87.15g., 51mm. (Henckel 2523; Marienburg 4232; Sommer P 76), nearly extremely fine, extremely rare, an interesting historical prize medal named to one of Germany´s most famous manufacturers Estimate £ 800-1,000

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