Lot 3790

Description

Scandinavian tokens, (33), medals, amusement park issues, transport tokens, noted Dag Hammarskjold medal 38mm, struck 1962; another to Ludvig Holberg, 200 year jubilee, struck 1884, white metal, 50mm., others (31); Argentina, assorted medals (6), including Santa Fe, silver Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition medal 1905, 38mm; another Bogota 1948; Buenos Aires 1955, another 1970 another undated; 1900 silver medal Visit of President, Brazil. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (39)

Ex John Malcolm Collection, Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (December 3, 1684 - January 28, 1754), a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway during the time of the Dano-Norwegian double monarchy, spent most of his adult life in Denmark. He was influenced by Humanism, the Enlightenment and the Baroque. Holberg is considered the founder of modern Danish and Norwegian literature.