A look into the book

Silver medal 1732 by P. P. Werner, commemorating the admission of the Salzburg emigrants. The obverse shows Frederick William I, the Soldier King. From Künker auction 242 (2013), lot 3406.

Pewter medal 1732, by Christian Wermuth, commemorating the admission of the Salzburg emigrants in Prussia. This medal refers to Frederick William as “Rex evangelicissimus”, i.e. as “the most Protestant king”. From Künker auction 297 (2017), lot 3292.

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