A$. (See Woodcut.)
1MB. pewtei. Hague, lead gilt. Very rare.
These two medals by Martin Smeltzing seem to be the
commencement of a series intended to illustrate the history
of William and Mary, but which does not appear to have been
continued.
513. T e e a t y o p C a e l o w it z . Jan. 1699.
The Emperor of Germany presents an olive branch to the
Sultan of Turkey standing near a blazing altar encircled by
the serpent of Eternity, and inscribed, v . l u s t e . (Five lustres.)
At a distance are tents and a city. Leg. e u e o pa qtjiescat a sia
e e s p i e e t . (Let Europe rest, let Asia breathe again.) Ex.
ARMISTITIA INTER CiES . POL . RUS . YEN . ET TtJRC. (The armistice
between the Emperor, Poland, Russia, Venice, and Turkey.)
e . a . p. (R. Arondeaux fecit.)
Rev. Hercules with a hammer repairing the globe. Leg.
NASSAVIUS BEITAN . BATAV. Ex. CONSOLIDAVIT MDCXCIX. (The
British-Batavian Nassau has repaired it, 1699.)
1*9. Van Loon, IV. 290.
MB. electrotype from Hague, M. P. H. Van Gelder, HI.
Brussels, HI. Gotha, 2R. Bare.
William offered his services to mediate between the Sultan,
Mustafa II., and the Emperor, Leopold i f ; the negotiations
were carried on in a temporary building or tent near Carlowitz,
from 13 Nov. 1698, to 31 Jan. 1699, when an armistice for
twenty-five years, or, as stated on the medal, five lustres, was
concluded. As the Emperor had been successful during the war,
and now retained almost all his conquests, he is represented as
conferring a peace. As William had been the chief instrument
in effecting the Peace of Ryswick and this armistice at Carlowitz,
by which repose was given to Europe, and breathing time
to Asia, he is represented as Hercules, in the curious occupation
of a coppersmith, hammering up the fissures which war
had occasioned upon the globe.
514. T e e a t y o f C a e l o w it z . ^ Jan. 1699.
The Emperor of Germany, resting the point of his sword
upon a pile of captured Turkish arms, unites hands with the
Sultan of Turkey under a palm-tree; in the distance, a naval
engagement. Ex. in t e e c h e is t ia n o s e t tu e c a s . (Between
the Christians and the Turks.) m . s . (Martin Smeltzing.)
Rev. Two arms, holding a sword and a scimitar, i.e., of
Germany and Turkey, separated by a plant of lilies; above,
the same hands united, issuing from clouds and holding a
bunch of roses. In the distance is c a e low it z and the tents
of the ambassadors. Leg. d is t e a c t i l i l i i s c o n iu n t i e o s is .
(Divided by lilies, united by roses.) Ex. sanc ita in annos
25 . a . d . 31 ia n : mdcxoix . (Sanctioned for 25 years, 31 Jan.
1699.)
l -45. Van Loon, IV. 290. .
MB. iR. P. H. Van Gelder, Hi.. Very rare.
The Emperor is represented with his sword’s point upon
Turkish arms, because he had been successful in the war just
concluded. France, professing great zeal for the Christian
religion, encouraged the Turks against the Christian Powers of
Europe, and fomented their quarrels; England, on the contrary,
promoted their union by mediating the armistice of Carlowitz.
There are other medals which were struck in Germany upon
the occasion of this armistice, but as the mediation of England
is not alluded to they are not described here. (See Van Loon,
IV. 290.)
515. J am e s II. and P e in c e J a m e s . 1699.
Bust of James II,, r., laureate, hair long, no drapery. Leg.
iACOBVs . h . d . g . m . m . p . e t . h . EEX. Below, 1699.
N. E . (Norbert Roettier.)
Rev. Bust of Prince James, I., hair long, in armour and
mantle fastened with brooch on the shoulder. Leg. iac .
WALLIÆ . PEINCEPS.
1-4. Köhler, XVII. 137.