ISERLOHN, JOHANN HEINRICH GIESE, AFTER 1758

Details

A German brass tobacco box
Iserlohn, Johann Heinrich Giese, after 1758
The lid depicting the battle of Zorndorf and signed GIESE FECIT ISERLOHN, the base with the Prussian and russian standards
15.5cm.
See illustration

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Lot Essay

The battle of Zorndorf, 25 august 1758, in which the King himself was in command, was one of the most bloody of the war. Of an army of 42.000 the Russians lost almost half of their men against 12.500 lost on the Prussian side. The battle lasted till darkness and ended in a Russian retreat.

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