A palmwood medallion with the profile portret of Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and an allegorical scene, 18th C.

Dia.: 11,2 cm

Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1737-1815) was a general in the Austrian service. In 1793 and 1794 he commanded the army in the Austrian Netherlands during the Flanders Campaign. Due to his victory in the French Revolutionary Wars at Neerwinden in March 1793, he put the region back under Austrian control. 

The text reads as follows: 'PR: IOS. FRID. D. SAX. HILP. & C. A. U. E. S. C. R. M. CONS. I. A. G. C. M. AC. UN. L. P. TR. S. R. I. SUP. R. TORM'.