Cast iron (Bialogon) cast of a classic medal from the famous suite of Polish kings by Reichl.
Obverse: royal bust to the right, in the rim legend:
SIGISMUNDUS AUGUSTUS;
Reverse: inscription in fourteen lines:SIGISMUNDI I/EX BONA SFORTIA/FILIUS UNICUS, VIVENTE/PATRE DECENNIS IN REGEM/ELECTUS, POST OBITUM/PATRIS CURONIAM FEUDALEM/REIPUBLICAE FECIT, LITHVANIAM/NEXU PERPETUO POLONIAE/ADJUNXIT, JAGELLONEAE/STIRPIS ULTIMUS/POLONIAE REX, ORBUS/OBIIT KNISSINII/A.D.1572.AET AT:52./REG:24.D:18.JUL:;
Bronzed cast iron, diameter 45 mm, weight 33.97 g.