Medal - Frederick II Battle of Rosbach and Lissa; Prussia
Features
| Location |
Kingdom of Prussia
 |
|---|---|
| Król |
Frederick II (Friedrich II) (1740-1786)
|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Military medals |
| Year | 1757 |
| Composition | Brąz |
| Weight | 39 g |
| Diameter | 48.2 mm |
| Thickness | 2 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Technique | Frezowana |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 107260 |
| References | Olding FrII Med# 61 Manfred Olding; 2003. Die Medaillen auf Friedrich den Großen von Preußen 1712 bis 1786 = The Medals Commemorating Frederick the Great of Prussia 1712 to 1786. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany. Adolph Weyl; 1876. Die Paul Henckel'sche Sammlung Brandenburg-Preussischer Münzen und Medaillen = The Paul Henckel Collection of Brandenburg-Prussian Coins and Medals. Gebrüder Unger, Berlin, Germany.Friedrich Friedensburg, Hans Seger; 1901. Schlesiens Münzen und Medaillen der neueren Zeit = Silesian Coins and Medals of Modern Times. Vereins für das Museum Schlesischer Altertümer, Wrocław, Poland. , Slg. Marienburg# 4744 Emil Bahrfeldt. Die Münzen- und Medaillen-Sammlung in der Marienburg. Verlag des Vereins für die Herstellung und Ausschmückung der Marienburg, Gdańsk, Poland (7 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
Bitwa pod Rosbach i Lissą w 1757 r.
Obverse
Fryderyk II Wielki zwrócony w lewo, na koniu bojowym, z wyciągniętym mieczem, za nim las, obóz wojskowy i miasto Lissa.
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
FREDERIC · DG · BORVS · REX · ET · PROTESTANTI m · DEFENSOR
· LISSA · DEC · 5
Unabridged legend: Friedrich Dei Gratia Borussorum Rex et Protestanti Defensor
Reverse
Ilustracja przedstawiająca intensywną scenę bitewną (między armią pruską
a siłami Marii Teresy) z bitwy pod Rosbach.
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
QUO · NIHIL · MAJUS · MELIUSVE
ROSBACH · NOV · 5 1757
Edge
Zwykły
Comments
(en)
A 1757 Frederick the Great Lissa and Rosbach Campaign Medal.
The Battle of Rosbach took place on November 5, 1757 during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) near the village of Rosbach, in the Electorate of Saxony. Frederick II (also known as Frederick the Great), King of Prussia, defeated the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman/Austrian Empire. This battle is considered one his greatest masterpieces, due to his exploitation of rapid movement, to achieve the element of complete surprise and destroying an enemy army with negligible casualties. One month later, on December 5, 1757, at the Battle of Lissa (also known as Leuthen), Frederick II used manoeuvre and terrain to decisively defeat a much bigger Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, thus ensuring Prussian control of Silesia during the Seven Years' War.
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