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| Keywords: Medal of Sigismund III obverse and reverse.jpg Pendant with medal of Sigismund III - obverse and reverse Zawieszenie z medalem Zygmunta III - awers i rewers Gold silver cm 4 1 Lost during World War II Medal minted in honor of King Sigismund III On the reverse side of the goddess Thetis with a model of vessel on her head and Cerera with a cornucopia and a building possibly ship on her head Polish Lithuanian and Swedish coat of arms Inscriptions SIGISMVNDVS III D G POLONIAE ET SVECIAE REX obverse CRESCIT GEMINATIS GLORIA CVRIS - Glory grows with a doubling of efforts reverse <br> The medals of sovereigns often framed in gold were presented as a special award or replace state awards The practice initiated in Poland by King Sigismund Augustus spread widely at the court of the Vasas Among the recipients were Franciszek Mniszech False Dmitriy I Bartłomiej Nowodworski papal nuncio Claudio Rangoni Muscovy envoy Denis Grigorievich Aladyin april 1613 Duke of Pomerania and the Elector of Brandenburg Object history Marian Gumowski 1929 Wileńska szkoła medaljerska w XVI i XVII wieku Vilnius ca 1595 Monogramist HD Dyle Copyright expired PD-Art Other versions Photo Photo Marian Gumowski 1929 Wileńska szkoła medaljerska w XVI i XVII wieku Vilnius author < 1929 PD-old-70 Goldsmithery lost in Poland during World War II Pendants from the Polish Vasa Collection Medals of Poland 1590s medals Black and white photographs | ||||
