Matthias Johann Schulenburg and the defense of Korfu

Features

Location	Republic of Venice (Venice, Italian States)
Doge	Giovanni II Cornaro (1709-1722)
Type	Commemorative medals › Military medals
Year	1716
Composition	Brąz
Diameter	48 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Technique	Frezowana
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 447954
References	Voltolina# 1390 Piero Voltolina; 1998. La storia di Venezia attraverso le medaglie / Volume I. Venice, Italy. , Bernheimer# 463 Francisca Bernheimer; 1984. Georg Wilhelm Vestner und Andreas Vestner / Volume 110: Zwei Nürnberger Medailleure = Georg Wilhelm Vestner and Andreas Vestner. Uni-Druck, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. , Slg. Julius# 1001 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. , Erl Medail# 2795 Herbert Justin Erlanger; 1985. Nürnberger Medaillen 1806-1981 / Teil 1: Die "metallene Chronik" der ehemaligen Reichstadt im Zeitalter industrieller Kultur Teil 1 Nr. 1 - 1044 = Nuremberg Medals 1806-1981. Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany. , Slg. Dogan# 6302 Gorny & Mosch (publisher); 2008. Slg. Dogan: Medaillen auf die türkische Geschichte = Dogan Collection. Gorny & Mosch.

Commemorative issue

O obronie Korfu (Kerkyra) przed Turkami od 25 lipca do 20 sierpnia pod dowództwem Matthiasa Johanna Reichsgrafa von Schulenburga Automatically translated

Obverse

(en) Statue on its plinth with the townscape and harbour of Corfu behind.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
SEMPER HONOS, NOMENQVE TVVM LAVDESQVE MANEBVNT
V

Engraver: Georg Wilhelm Vestner

Reverse

(en) 13-line inscription in a oval laurel wreath.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
MATHIAE
CIMITI SCHVLENBVRGIO
SVMO TERRESTRIVM COPIAR
PRAEFECTO
CHRISTIANAE REIP
IN CORCYRAE OBSIDIONE
LABORANTIS
FORTISS ASSERTORI
ADHVC VIVENTI
SENATVS
ANNO
MDCCXVI
DIE XII M SEPT.

Engraver: Georg Wilhelm Vestner

Mint

Nuremberg, Germany

Mark

V	Georg Wilhelm Vestner, Cutter, Nuremberg (?-1740)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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1716	V											(en) MDCCXVI

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