Germany, Baden, Marriage of Princess Marie Elisabeth to William Alexander, Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale, 1843, gold medal of 3 ducats weight (?), by Joseph Dantzell, portrait of the Princess right with hair braided, signed below, rev., legend in six lines maria elisabeth princeps badensis marchionissa dvnglas. et glotaevallis nvpta manheimi d. xxiii. febr a m dccc xliii, struck in Paris and with impressed French mark ‘or’ on edge, 25.5mm, 10.21g (Wielandt & Zeitz 202, this piece listed), four pinholes drilled in the edge to permit mounting as a brooch or pendant, and with three additional small punch-marks neatly placed beneath the legend, good very fine and extremely rare. Ex Hirsch auction 89, 1974, lot 89 (where the catalogue gave the weight as 10.15g). The piece was probably prepared originally to the weight of 3 ducats.

Estimate: GBP £1’000 - £1’500