Medal - Commander Hans Helgesen

€191,787.00
LocationDenmark
Year1850
TypeCommemorative medals/Personality or portrait medal
CompositionTin
Weight28.34 g
Diameter45 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
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Reference(s) Bergsøe#1056
Obverse descriptionFacing bust of Commander Helgesen in high uniform inside a circle with floral wreath outside.
Obverse letteringFREDERIKSTAD DEN 4de OCTOBER 1850. HELGESEN
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionEight lines of text within a radiant laurel wreath above and war trophies (a cannon, banners, trumpets and weapons), with small castle amidst, below.
Reverse letteringSOM DOVRE, HVOR HAN LYSET SAAE OPRINDE, STOD GAMLE HELGESEN VED FREDRIKSTAD, SOM DET UROKKELIGT STAAER HER HANS MINDE, I DANMARKS KRONIKE ET SJELDENT BLAD ALLEN & MOORE
Reverse scriptLatin
EngraverAllen and Moore, Birmingham, United Kingdom (1844-1855)
Mintage1850  - -
Catalog ID1500842810
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