Medal - Conquest of Tournai
Features
| Location |
Dutch Republic
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Military medals |
| Year | 1709 |
| Composition | Srebro |
| Weight | 30.47 g |
| Diameter | 44.5 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Technique | Frezowana |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 227667 |
| References | Van Loon V# V 141. 5 Gerard van Loon; 1737. Histoire métallique des XVII provinces des Pays-Bas / Tome cinquieme = Medallic History of the 17 Provinces of the Low Countries. , Eimer# 436 Christopher Eimer. British Commemorative Medals and their Values. London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). Edward Hawkins, Augustus W. Franks, Herbert Appold Grueber; 1885. Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II / Volume II. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. Albert von Forster, Richard Schmid; 1897. Die Münzen der freien Reichsstadt Augsburg. Dr. R. Merzbacher, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.Sammlung Julius; 1958. Krieg und Frieden auf der Medaille und in der Gedenkmünze = War and Peace on the Medal and Commemorative Coin. Münzhandlung R. Gaettens, Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. , Slg. Monte# 1315 Adolph Hess; 1882. Verzeichniss der zur fürstlichen Montenuovo'schen Münzsammlung gehörigen verkäuflichen numismatischen Bücher: Collectio Montenuovo = List of sellable numismatic books belonging to the princely Montenuovo coin collection. Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. George Charles Montagu; 1937. British and Foreign Medals relating to Naval and Maritime Affairs (1st Edition). National Maritime Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
Commemorative issue
Bombardowanie i zdobycie Tournai w 1709 r.
Obverse
Scena bombardowania z widokiem na miasto.
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
SOLVTA CATENIS INSVRGIT.
TORNACVM CAP: // TVM.MDCCIX.
Engraver: Caspar Gottlieb Lauffer
Reverse
Tonący statek na wzburzonych wodach.
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
NE PEREAT PERDIT.
DOR // NIK
Engraver: Martin Brunner
Edge
Zwykły z napisem.
Script: łaciński
Lettering: REGNI COLLAPSA RVVNT IMMANIA MEMBRA.VIRGIL.& CGL*
© apuking (CC BY-SA)
Mint
Nuremberg, GermanyComments
(en)
This emblematic medal illustrates that France was unable to hold all her fortunes in the Spanish Netherlands but was willing to sacrifice some places to keep the remainder.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| 1709 | |||||||||||||||
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