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GERMANY. Saxony. Johann Georg I (1615-1656). 1631....

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GERMANY. Saxony. Johann Georg I (1615-1656). 1631. J. Georgens, Lüneburg. Swedish and Protestant victory in Breitenfeld (today part of Leipzig). The Swedish King Gustav II Adolf on a horse galloping right over the battlefield is crowned by a hand coming from the clouds. A./ The crowned Swedish coat of arms and three oval cartouches. Arg. 34.78 g. 51.5 mm. Breitenfeld is the first great victory of the Protestants and marks a turning point in the Thirty Years' War.