ISERLOHN, JOHANN HEINRICH GIESE, AFTER 1759

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A German brass tobacco box
Iserlohn, Johann Heinrich Giese, after 1759
The lid centred by a medalion depicting Frederick the Great above his coat of arms, signed ...... GIESE FECIT ISERLON, the base with an oval medallion depicting Ferdinand Duke of Brunswick surmounted by a cartouche depicting the battle of Minden inscribed VICTORIA FOEDERATORUM GALLIS DEVICTIS MINDAE 1759 . 1 . AUG and signed GIESE ISERLON
15.5cm. wide
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Lot Essay

The battle of Minden, 1st of august 1759, was one of Duke Ferdinand's great victories, with an Anglo-Prussian force of some 45.000 he stood at Minden and defeated the numerically stronger French force of some 60.000

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