A Guide to the Exhibition of English MedalsBritish Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
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A Guide to the Exhibition of English Medals
British Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
Medals -- Great Britain
452. Another. _Obv._ Bust of Queen l., laur. and draped.
ANNA D. G. MAGN. BRIT. FRANC. &c. S. _Rev._ Rose and thistle
intertwined around sceptre surmounted by eye; in the distance,
prisoners led to the Tower and ships in river; above one,
SALISBURI. QUIS NOS IMPUNE LACESSET UNITAS; in ex., IRRITO
SPURII IACOBI REDITU IN SCOTOS, CLASSE GALLICA EXTERNATA.
MDCCVIII. Silver. Size 1·85. By M. Smeltzing.
In the expedition the Pretender lost one ship, the Salisbury, which
Admiral Byng captured after a sharp chase. Among those on board this
ship were Lord Griffin and the two sons of Lord Middleton, who were
conveyed to the Tower.
453. Another. _Obv._ Bust of Queen l., laur. and draped. ANNA
D. G. MAG. BR. FRA. &c. M. B. (monogram). _Rev._ Ass r.,
about to devour thistle, driven back by smell of rose held by
woman. INIMICVS ODOR APPETITV FORTIOR; in ex., GALLI SCOTIAM
AGGRESSVRI SOLO ANGLORVM ASPECTV FVGANTVR. 1708; on edge, IN
FELIX OPERAM PERDAS, VT SI QVIS ASELLVM IN CAMPVM DOCEAT. HOR.
SERM. L. I. Silver. Size 1·65. By M. Brunner.[28]
[28] Martin Brunner, the pupil of Wolrab and colleague of Hautsch,
was a native of Nuremberg. In the early part of his life he worked at
Breslau and Prague, but returned subsequently to Nuremberg, where he
died in 1725.
On this medal the Pretender is represented by the ass, Scotland by the
thistle, and Anne, or Britain, by the woman who holds the rose.
454. War of the Spanish Succession: Victory of Oudenarde,
1708. _Obv._ Castor and Pollux (Eugene and Marlborough) on
horseback, charging r. SALVTARIVM SIDERVM APPARITIO; in ex.,
EVGENII ET MARLEBORVGII FELIX CONIVNCTIO. _Rev._ View of battle
of Oudenarde; town in the distance. VANDOM. IN FLANDR. SICVT
IN ITAL. EVNDEM FVGIT ET VT FVGIENDVS DOCET; in ex., MVLT.
MILL. GALLORVM CLADES AD ALDENAR. MDCCIIX. D. XI. IVL. Edge
inscribed. Silver. Size, 1·65.
At the battle of Oudenarde, 11 July, 1708, the Allies under Eugene,
Marlborough, and Ouverkirk routed the French under the Dukes of
Burgundy and Vendôme, the latter having been recalled from Italy to
supersede Villeroy after the battle of Ramillies. The obverse refers to
the legend of the appearance of the Dioscuri at the battle of the Lake
Regillus.
455. Another. _Obv._ Bust of Queen l., draped. ANNA D. G. MAG.
BR. FR. &c. I. BOSKAM F. _Rev._ Attached to trophy of French
flags, &c., three medallions with busts of Eugene, Marlborough,
and Ouverkirk, with fourth of Victory in centre. HÆC FECERVNT
HI TRES ARMI POTENTES DEI. 2 SAM. 23. (chronogrammatic). I.
BOSKAM F. Silver. Size 1·75. By J. Boskam.
Ouverkirk, who commanded the Dutch troops in the Low Countries, died
during the siege of Lille, 22 Oct. 1708, worn out with the fatigue of
the war and the infirmities of premature age.
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