Capture of Breisach - Duke Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar
Features
| Location |
Duchy of Saxe-Weimar
(German States)  |
|---|---|
| Duke |
Bernard (Bernhard) (1605-1639)
|
| Type | Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1639 |
| Composition | Srebro |
| Weight | 50.75 g |
| Diameter | 59.4 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Technique | Frezowana |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 571377 |
| References | Berstett E# 98 August Freiherr von Berstett; 1840. Versuch einer Münzgeschichte des Elsasses. Emmerlib, Freiburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. , Maué# 43 Hermann Maué; 2008. Sebastian Dadler, 1586-1657: Medaillen im Dreissigjährigen Krieg / Wissenschaftliche Beibände zum Anzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Bd. 28 = Sebastian Dadler 1586-1657: Medals in the Thirty Years' War. Verlag des Germanischen Nationalmuseums Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany.Adam Więcek; 1960. Deux médailleurs strasbourgeois du XVIIe siècle en Pologne
Sebastian Dadler et Johann Hoehn
From (Cahiers alsaciens d’archéologie, d’art et d’histoire). Strasbourg, France. , Slg. Merse# 3861 Otto Merseburger; 1894. Sammlung Otto Merseburger umfassend Münzen und Medaillen von Sachsen.: Albertinische und ernestinische Linie = Otto Merseburger Collection comprising coins and medals from Saxony. Münzhandlung Zschiesche und Köder, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. |
Commemorative issue
Zdobycie oblężonego miasta przez księcia Bernharda z Saksonii-Weimaru
Obverse
(en) The armored duke rides to the right and is crowned by a hand emerging from clouds; in the background, a battle scene in a river landscape.
Script: łaciński
Lettering: BERNHARDUS D. G . SAX . IUL . CLIV . [ET] MONT . DUX LANDGR . THURING . MARCH . MISN . COMES MARCH . ET RAVENSB . HOME . RAVENST
Engraver: Sebastian Dadler
Reverse
(en) City view from the west with the Rhine and the Breisach fortress in the foreground; above, two angels in clouds hold the city's coat of arms.
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
BRISIACO CAPTO , COELIS VICTORIA VAENIT , BERNHARDO TVLIT EX HOSTE TROPHAE A DVCI
8 D
1639
Engraver: Sebastian Dadler
Mint
Schleswig, GermanyMark
| DS | Sebastian Dadler, Cutter, Schleswig (1650-1654) |
Comments
(en)
Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, is considered the most important German Protestant military commander of the Thirty Years' War. Born in Weimar on August 16, 1604, Duke Bernhard joined the Protestant troops after a few months of study in Jena and fought at Wiesloch and Wimpfen in 1622. As a general under Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Bernhard held the conquered Rhineland in 1631, participated in the assault on Wallenstein's camp, and, after Gustavus Adolphus's death, retained the battlefield at Lützen. After the loss of Regensburg in 1634, Bernhard suffered a crushing defeat at Nördlingen and lost his Duchy of Franconia. In the following two years, he fought with French allies with varying degrees of success, primarily in Lorraine. In 1638, he defeated the imperial troops at Rheinfelden and, after a siege lasting several months, captured Breisach on December 3, 1638, an event commemorated by this medal. Following the exertions of these campaigns, Bernhard succumbed to a brief illness on July 18, 1639, near Neuenburg am Rhein.
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