Medal Siege of Louisbourg, silver

€436,706.00
LocationUnited Kingdom
Year1758
TypeCommemorative medals/Military medals
CompositionSilver
Weight
Diameter43.8 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
Orientation
Edge
PeriodSeven Years War (1756-1763)
NoticeThomas Pingo
Reference(s) MI#685/404 , Betts#410
Obverse descriptionCelebrating the unusually good cooperation between the army (symbolized by the standing grenadier) and the navy, evoked by the sailor with traditional Jack Tar hat. They gesture towards Louisbourg on a map that shows the extent of the American front, from Cuba to the Maritimes to the interior of the continent. The globe crushes a defeated France, shown in an exposed feminine form, her fleur-de-lis upside down and cast out of reach to the ground, barely hanging on to the edge of the continent. Fame blows victory on a trumpet of triumph
Obverse letteringPartier in Bella
(Translation: together in war)
Obverse script
Reverse descriptionFairly accurate detail, the geography of Louisbourg Harbor, the position of the batteries, and the final cataclysm of the battle, the burning of the Prudent while the town remained under heavy fire over the night of July 25-26, 1758.
Reverse lettering
Reverse script
EngraverRoyal Mint (Tower of London), United Kingdom (1279-1810)
Mintage1758  - -
Catalog ID6264793660
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