Medal by Filip Holzhaeusser, designed by SG Zug, minted to mark the beginning of construction of the Evangelical-Augsburg church in Warsaw in 1778.
Original, first mintage in silver. Very rare. The only similar listing is the 19th WCN Auction from 1999 with a very high final price for those years (1595 PLN). In the last twenty years, only listings in gold and bronze prints are known.
Obverse: the Protestant church of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw from the front, with a dome and a cross, on the last step SGZUCK INVENT. IPHOLZHAEUSSER F., in the episode DIE XXIIII.APRILIS ADMDCCLXXVII. SAR XIII
QUICUNQUE ORAVERIT IN LOCO ISTO EXAUDI
Reverse: inscription in nine lines
HAS AEDES DEO TOM SACRAS, COETUS VARSAVIENS AUGUST CONFESSIONIS ES CONSENSU STANISL AUG REGIS ET REIPUBLICAE STRUERE COEPIT
Silver, diameter 52 mm, weight 72.01 g
