{"product_id":"karl-august-grand-duke-of-saxe-weimar-eisenach-portrit-profile-roundel-after-leonhard-posch","title":"Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Portrit Profile Roundel, After Leonhard Posch.","description":"\u003cp\u003eKarl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1757 - 1828) Cast Iron Portrait Profile Roundel, After Leonhard Posch. The text to the reverse reads, 'Karl August Herzog von Sachsen Weimar'. The roundel dates to circa 1810 - 1828.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe was the Sovereign Duke of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan role=\"tooltip\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjgk_-VwtmTAxXhQ0EAHbo3IpIQmpgGegQIGBAE\" role=\"button\" data-width=\"250\" data-theme=\"0\" data-send-open-event=\"true\" data-hover-open-delay=\"500\" data-hover-hide-delay=\"1000\" data-extra-container-classes=\"ZLo7Eb\" data-enable-toggle-animation=\"true\" class=\"c5aZPb\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-segment-text=\"Saxe-Weimar\" data-bubble-link=\"\" class=\"JPfdse\"\u003eSaxe-Weimar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and of Saxe-Eisenach from 1758, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach from its creation in 1809, and G\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan role=\"tooltip\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjgk_-VwtmTAxXhQ0EAHbo3IpIQmpgGegQIGBAK\" role=\"button\" data-width=\"250\" data-theme=\"0\" data-send-open-event=\"true\" data-hover-open-delay=\"500\" data-hover-hide-delay=\"1000\" data-extra-container-classes=\"ZLo7Eb\" data-enable-toggle-animation=\"true\" class=\"c5aZPb\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-segment-text=\"grand duke\" data-bubble-link=\"\" class=\"JPfdse\"\u003erand Duke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from 1815 until his death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1788 Karl August took service in the Prussian army as a Major-General in active command of a regiment. He was present at the 1792 Battle of Valmy, the 1794 Siege of Mainz and the Battles of Pirmasenz and Kaiserslautern.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter the disastrous 1806 campaign of Jena, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKarl August was forced to join the Confederation of the Rhine, to prevent confiscation of his territories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. From this time until after the Moscow campaign of 1812 his contingent fought on the French side in all Napoleon's wars. In 1813, however, he joined the Sixth Coalition \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand at the beginning of 1814 took command of a corps of 30,000 men operating in the Netherlands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximate weight is 54 grams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximate diameter is 7.8 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bassetlaw Silver \u0026 Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55522334081400,"sku":"5447F","price":182.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/0737\/7737\/files\/IMG_1622_0356e354-eac0-41fa-9595-aac3828ddeab.jpg?v=1775488641","url":"https:\/\/bassetlawsilverandantiques.com\/products\/karl-august-grand-duke-of-saxe-weimar-eisenach-portrit-profile-roundel-after-leonhard-posch","provider":"Bassetlaw Silver \u0026 Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}