Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Medal - George II British Victories
| Location | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Year | 1759 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Period | Log in to see details |
| Notice | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central field features the royal armorial supporters — a crowned lion rampant to the left and a unicorn rampant to the right — flanking a shield bearing an inverted French fleur-de-lis, symbolising French defeat, with the legend PERFIDIA below. Surrounding the central device, multiple scroll-shaped banners in relief name the British victories of 1759 with their commanders and dates. The lower portion bears the inscription AUSP · GEO · II · PR · MI and the date MDCCLIX. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | GUADALOUPE BARINGn. MOORE MAY . 1. NIAGARA IOHNSON JULY . 25. MINDEN FERDINAND AUG . 1. CROWN POINT AMHERST AUG . 4. LAGOS BOSCAWEN AUG . 19. QUEBEC WOLFE MONCKn. TOWNSd. SEP . 13 & 18. QUIBERON. HAWKE NOV . 20. W . PITT AUSP . GEO . II . PR . MI MDCCLIX |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |