Title
Medallion. Grey metal medallion. On one side is a profile of a large man wearing a cuirass, around the edges is inscribed GULIELMUS GEOR II R FIL DUX CUMBRIAE. On the other a heroic male figure wearing a lion's skin stand over a vanquished medusa and assists a woman with a spear and a shield with the Union Flag on it. At the bottom is inscribed ERDVELIB EX ANG FUGAT AD CULLOD DEBELLAT 16 APR 1746.
Identifier
ABDUA:10346
Description
Commemorative Medal. Silver, round. Obverse: GULIELMUS. GEOR. II R. FIL. DUX.CUMBRIAE Bust of Cumberland, cuirassed, draped with lion skin right. On shoulder: R. YEO.F. Reverse: Herakles, naked save for skin of Newmean lion standing left, raising std. Britannia, draped, shield by left side and spear resting on l. shoulder. With a foot Herakles subdues Gorgon, naked save for draped loins, recling right and raising right hand in which clutched three snakes. In exergue: (p) ERDVELIB.EX.ANG.FVGAT/AD.CULLOD. DEBELLAT.l6.APR.1746. in three lines.
Inscription: Obv: GULIELMUS. GEOR. II R. FIL. DUX.CUMBRIAE R YEO.F Rev: ERDVELIB.EX.ANG.FVGAT AD.CULLOD. DEBELLAT.l6.APR.1746
Inscription: Obv: GULIELMUS. GEOR. II R. FIL. DUX.CUMBRIAE R YEO.F Rev: ERDVELIB.EX.ANG.FVGAT AD.CULLOD. DEBELLAT.l6.APR.1746
Date
Early: 1746 Late: 1746
Format
metal silver, Dia: 48.5 mm
Coverage
Europe
Source
Field Collector: Gordon,Alexander
Type
Physical Object
Provenance
Acquisition Source: Gordon, Alexander
UUID
d1fe2803-9843-4485-8918-78c3e81349ac
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