World Coins - Europe，AUSTRIA: AR medal (26.24g), 1799, H-882, J-672, E-781, 48mm, Austrian Victory i

World Coins - Europe，AUSTRIA: AR medal (26.24g), 1799, H-882, J-672, E-781, 48mm, Austrian Victory in the Battle of Stockach by Baldenbach, CAROLVS / ARCHID AVST, helmeted head left of Archduke Charles of Austria, BALDENBACH in small letters at bottom , VIRTVTE / CONSILIO, altar in the center with shield, owl, weapons and topped by Winged Victory with Palm Branch and Serto; at the base, IX / CAL APRIL / MDCCXCIX, AU, ex Coin Galleries Auction 25 Nov 1969, Lot 2733. Peter Baldenbach was born at Linz on the Rhine 17 September 1762 and died 31 January 1802. He took to medal engraving from natural inclination. His principal works refer to the victories of the Austrian army under the leadership of the Prince of Saxe-Coburg; the victories of the Russo-Austrian troops in Italy, the Archduke Charles and numerous other events and personalities. He went to Vienna in 1784 as an apprentice to a locksmith and worked for many years in that branch of industry. It was while there that he frequented a school of drawing and engraving and made such progress that he soon carried off a prize and was later appointed to the post of Assistant Engraver to the Academy of Medallists of Vienna 1793-1800. Some of his medals commemorate also the death of Louis XVI of France and that of his unfortunate Queen Marie Antoinette. The [First] Battle of Stockach occurred on 25 March 1799, when French and Austrian armies fought for control of the geographically strategic Hegau region in present-day Baden-Württemberg. In the broader military context, this battle constitutes a keystone in the first campaign in southwestern Germany during the Wars of the Second Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars.