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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Chris B, post: 26304549, member: 87179&quot;]On to 1648. Technically this is a medal but it is dated 1648</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1679385[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>German States, The Peace of Westphalia</p><p>1648 Medal, AU/UNC, </p><p><br /></p><p>Silver medal on The Treaty of Münster and the Peace of Westphalia. </p><p>By E. Ketteler</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight: 36.4g </p><p>Diameter: 57.6mm </p><p><br /></p><p>Schulman, Pax 96. Dated 1648 in Roman numerals. </p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: “alas, the lions joined together have come under the Lord&#039;s chariot”. Peace, holding reins, winged caduceus, and cornucopia, driving chariot pulled by two crowned lions right, one holding bundle of arrows in raised forepaw, the other holding a scepter; around, military and musical instruments cast aside; in two lines to right, PAX/HIS PANO BATAVA. </p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: “The happiness of peace unto the Christian world, however devised or accomplished by such kingdoms and provinces, either alone or by ocean, land, or sea, is the security of public harmony, for which we hope and vow here in the monastery of Westphalia in the year 1648” in ten lines.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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