Lot 63: JOHANN WALCH (1757-1816)

Archduke Charles of Austria (1771-1847), facing right in the white uniform of the Third Infantry Regiment, black stock, wearing the breast stars of the Order of the Teutonic Knights and of the Imperial Austrian Order of Maria-Theresia signed 'Walch' (lower right) 2 5/16 in. (58 mm.) diam., reeded gold mount NOTES Archduke Charles of Austria, the third son of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, was adopted by his childless aunt Maria Christina and her husband Albert of Saxe-Teschen after the death of his father in 1792. A brilliant military commander, he was also High-Master of the Order of the Teutonic Knights from 1801 to 1804.