103380 | SWEDEN. Gustaf af Klint bronze Medal. Issued 1841 (43mm, 36.97 g, 12h). By Ludvig Persson Lundgren for the Naval Service Society (Orlogsmanna Sällskapet) in Karlskrona. GUST A KLINT CLASSIS SV PRAET NAT MDCCLXXI DE MDCCCXL, bare head right // APERIT SYRTES, half view of earth focused upon Europe; rayed star above, clouds below; REI BELLICAE NAVAL / REG SOCIETAS / MDCCCXLI in three lines in exergue. Edge: Plain. Hildebrand p. 327; Hyckert II, p. 104, 1. Mint State. Pleasing chocolate brown surfaces, with alluring brilliance in the fields.

Born in 1771, Gustaf af Klint was a vice admiral in the Swedish navy as well as a cartographer, publishing maps such as his Hans Majt. Konungen egnas Sweriges Sjö-Atlas, which detailed waterways like the Gulf of Finland, the Gulf of Riga, and the Baltic Sea.

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