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Prussia - 1814

Fieldmarshal Blücher - (Lauer)

Obverse
Obverse:
Fieldmarshal Blücher, facing left.
Legend:
FELDMAR: FÜRST VON . BLÜCHER .
Exergue:
L
Size:
24.3 mm.
Reverse
Reverse:
Minerva facing left, holding a palm branch in her left arm and extending her right toward an altar with a flame upon it.
Legend:
HE??? DEM SIEGER
Exergue:
IETTON

Vern's Comments:

I dated this to 1814 based on the large number of similar pieces with Prussian commanders as subjects, including Blücher himself, produced presumeably just after the First Abdictation. I wasn't able to find this particular piece in either the references I have or online.

Fieldmarshal Blücher - (Lauer)

obverse

Fieldmarshal Blücher - (Lauer)

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