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Medal - Frederick King of Prussia

Medal - Frederick King of Prussia - obverseMedal - Frederick King of Prussia - reverse

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Features

Location United Kingdom
Król George II (1727-1760)
Type Commemorative medals
Year 1759
Composition Miedź
Weight 7.4 g
Diameter 27.8 mm
Thickness 1 mm
Shape Okrągły
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
84423
References Batty# 4093
David Thornbory Batty. Batty's Catalogue of the Copper Coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, British Isles and Colonies. Manchester, United Kingdom (4 volumes).
, Olding FrII Med# 642
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.
, Slg. Julius# 2366
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.

Series: Frederick the Great

Obverse

Postać wojskowa w trzech czwartych w lewo. Napisy wokół, ząbkowane obramowanieAutomatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering: FREDERICK KING OF PRUSSIA

Engraver: John Kirk

Reverse

Wojskowa postać w trzech czwartych po prawej stronie. Napis dookoła, ząbkowane obramowanieAutomatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering: FERDINANDUS PRINCEPS

Engraver: John Kirk

Edge

ZwykłyAutomatically translated

Comments

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Although undated, this is believed to have been struck around 1758. Germany - Frederick King of Prussia Medal.
Probably struck in Great Britain by John Kirk in the early 18th Century.
The quaint manner of this portrait reminds one of those other portraits of Frederick the Great, on pieces struck during the Seven Year's War and, likewise, of Admiral Vernon medals.

Frederick the Great & the Duke, Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick his Field Marshal. Struck for The Battle of Krefeld (sometimes referred to by its French name of Créfeld) a battle fought on June 23, 1758 between a Prussian-Hanoverian army commanded by Prince Ferdinand and a French army during the Seven Years' War.
 It is suspected this might just be the work of John Kirk, the obverse inscription is in English, which points to an English maker. Kirk had engraved another medal of Prince Ferdinand (battle of Minden 1759) and he did make both expensive and cheap medals. It is curious that the reverse is in Latin but Kirk was conversant with both Latin and English.
 

After Minden, King George II of Great Britain gave the Duke the order of the Garter, and the thanks of the British parliament were voted on the same occasion to the victor of Minden. After the war, he was honored by other sovereigns, and he received the rank of Field Marshal and a regiment from the Austrians. During the War of American Independence, there was a suggestion (which came to nothing) of offering him the command of the British forces. He devoted most of the small income he received (from his various offices and the rewards given to him by the allied princes) to compensate those who had suffered in the Seven Years' War.

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ND (1759) 

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