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Prince Heinrich, one of the brothers of Frederick, generalled the last battle of the Seven Years war. He won the battle of Freiburg on the 29th of October 1761
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ISERLOHN, JOHANN ADOLPH KEPPELMAN, AFTER 1762
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A German brass tobacco box
Iserlohn, Johann Adolph Keppelman, after 1762
The lid depicting Victory and Justice centred by the battle of Freiburg, signed KEPPELMAN fec, the base with an inscription praising Frederick the Great flanked by the arms of Prussia and fredericks initials and signed KM fec - 16.5cm. wide; A German tobacco box depicting the conquest of Martinique on the lid and scenes from the four continents on the base - 15.5cm. wide; And a German brass tobacco box, Iserlohn, by Johann Heinrich Hamer after 1758, depicting Frederick the Great on the lid and the victory at Zorndorf on the base, signed twice I.H.HAMER - 15.5cm. wide
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Iserlohn, Johann Adolph Keppelman, after 1762
The lid depicting Victory and Justice centred by the battle of Freiburg, signed KEPPELMAN fec, the base with an inscription praising Frederick the Great flanked by the arms of Prussia and fredericks initials and signed KM fec - 16.5cm. wide; A German tobacco box depicting the conquest of Martinique on the lid and scenes from the four continents on the base - 15.5cm. wide; And a German brass tobacco box, Iserlohn, by Johann Heinrich Hamer after 1758, depicting Frederick the Great on the lid and the victory at Zorndorf on the base, signed twice I.H.HAMER - 15.5cm. wide
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