Lot 2260

Description

Austria, collection of eighteen commemorative medals issued over many years from the late 1800s in various base metals, all by Lauer, in purpose built case of the period, possibly for a collector or as a sample case used to demonstrate the designer's styles. Case worn, medals with toning and a few with verdigris spots, overall extremely fine. (18)

Ludwig Christian Lauer, the Nuremberg medallist and Rechenpfennig manufacturer, started his business in 1848 following on the business established by his great-grandfather. After his death in 1873, the business was continued by his widow and three sons. In the second half of the nineteenth century the Lauer business was a leading German manufacturer of medals, tokens, play money and related products.