Medal of Catharina Charlotta De la Gardie

Countess Catharina Charlotta De la Gardie (née Taube) (1723–1763) was one of Crown Princess Louisa Ulrika’s maids of honour. The medal was struck to commemorate her intervention in Sweden’s last witch trial in Dalarna County in 1757–1761. She managed to free the accused women and guaranteed them a livelihood from her property as they were unable to work as a result of torture. The text on the back face, FULCRUM INFELICIBUS, “support for the unfortunate”, refers to this event, and the tree stump is from the coat of arms of the Taube family.

The medal is silver, 52 mm in diameter and 58.4 g in weight. It was struck in 1761 and engraved by Daniel Fehrman.