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fme_909877 - ENGLAND - WILLIAM III Médaille, Bataille de Boyne

ENGLAND - WILLIAM III Médaille, Bataille de Boyne XF
120.00 €(Approx. 128.40$ | 103.20£)
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Type : Médaille, Bataille de Boyne
Date: 1690
Metal : tin
Diameter : 48,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 39,26 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène, présentant des taches d’oxydation. Du brillant de frappe autour de certains reliefs. Présence d’usure

Obverse


Obverse legend : GVILH. III. D. G. MAG - BRI. FRAN. ET HIB. REX..
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé, drapé et lauré, de profil à droite, signé sur le tranché du bras : R. A. F..

Reverse


Reverse legend : ET VULNERA ET INVIA SPERNIT // À L’EXERGUE : EIICIT IACOBUM RES / TITUIT HIBERNIAM / MDCXC.
Reverse description : Guillaume, à cheval vers la droite, traversant une rivière, à la tête de sa cavalerie. Sur la rive opposée, l’armée ennemie.

Commentary


Cette médaille commémore la charge de William qui décida du résultat, soit la fuite de Jacques et la reconquête de l’Irlande.

Historical background


ENGLAND - WILLIAM III

(14/11/1650-8/03/1702)

William III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange (1650-1702), Stadtholder of Holland (1672-1702), King of England (1689-1702), was the son of William II of Orange-Nassau and Marie-Henriette Stuart (daughter of Charles I of England and Henriette-Marie of France). He married his cousin Mary II Stuart (1662-1694), daughter of James II of England and Anne Hyde. When the revolution of 1688 drives out his father-in-law and uncle, William is called upon to share the throne of Great Britain with his wife. After the latter's death, he reigned alone from 1694 to 1702. After his death, his sister-in-law Anne (1665-1714), second daughter of Jacques, succeeded him..

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