(sold for $68.0)

1785, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. "Prince Maximilian Julius Leopold" Memorial Medal. 

Mint Year: 1785 Medallist: J. C. Reich Condition: Minimal corrosion spots and scratches in fields, otherwise a nice lustre XF-AU! Denomination: Memorial Medal - Death of Prince Maximilian Julius Leopold (brother of Charles William Ferdinand). Material: White metal and copper (the copper piece was put in all white metal medal planchets at the mint in order to prevent deceivers from passing the piece as silver!) Weight: 26.74gm Diameter: 43mm

Obverse: Head of Maximilian left, signed r on truncation, date of his birth and his titles in legend, date of death below. Legend: MAX . IVL . LEOPOLDVS . DVX . BRVNSV . ET LVN . NAT . D . X . OCT . MDCCLII / DEN : D . 27 . APR . MDCCLXXXV.  Reverse: Inscribed pyramid with crowned shield, a putto seated above, a mourning woman standing at left and Time standing at right. Legend: CIVES SALVARE VOLENS A FLUCTIBUS RAPTUS

Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (German: Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg und Fürst von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) (9 October 1735 – 10 November 1806), was ruler of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and a military leader. His titles are usually shortened to Duke of Brunswick in English-language sources.

He succeeded his father as sovereign prince of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, one of the princely states of the Holy Roman Empire. The duke was a cultured and benevolent despot in the model of Frederick the Great, and was married to Princess Augusta, a sister of George III of Great Britain. He was also a recognized master of 18th century warfare, serving as a Field Marshal in the Prussian Army. During the Napoleonic Wars, he was mortally wounded by a musket ball at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt in 1806.