side, is seen the storming of a camp, and on the other a
pile of arms burning, amidst the smoke of which is a winged
horse asoending to heaven. Leg. d a n t castra t r o p h .®vm
arma r o gvm . (The camp supplies a trophy, arms a funeral
pile.) Ex. SOHELLENBVRGA AD DONAV : EXPVGNATA GALLI . BOIA-
RIQVE FVGATI MORS GLORIOSA MDCCIV . 2 • IVLII. (A glorious
death, Schellenberg on the Danube having been stormed,
and the French and the Bavarians put to flight, 2 July,
1704.)
1‘7S. Van Loon, IV. 420. Thes. Num. 876.
MB. iR. Yery rare.
Augustus Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Bevern, commanded
•the troops of Lunehurg and of Lower Saxony at the storming
of the camp on the Schellenberg, where he was so severely
wounded that he died before the conclusion of the battle. The
Horse is the badge of the Brunswick family, and is here
furnished with wings to symbolize the ascent of the deceased
Duke to heaven. Anthony IJlrick, the reigning Duke, caused
this and the following medal to be struck as memorials of his
nephew. The die of the reverse of this one is much cracked,
on which account, perhaps, the next one was substituted for it.
4 7 . D e a t h o f A u g u s t u s F e r d i n a n d , D u k e o f B r u n s w i c k -
B e v e r n . 221 Jpu™ly , 1 7 0 4 . ’
Bust of the Duke of Brunswick, r ., &c.; same as the preceding.
Bev. A trophy of captured arms erected upon a slab, the
edge of which is inscribed, a nt : v l r : d : b : e t . l : f r a t :
f i l : o p t : m e r : f : f : (Anthony Ulrick, Duke of Brunswick
and Luneburg, caused this medal to be struck to the memory
of the most excellent son of his brother.) In the distance, on
one side, is seen the storming of a camp, and on the other a
pile of arms burning, amidst the smoke of which is a winged
horse ascending to heaven. Leg. d ant arma t r o p h ^ vm castra
ro g vm . (Arms supply a trophy, the camp a funeral pile.) Ex.
CASTRIS IN SCHELLENBERGA AD DONAWERDAM EXPUGNATIS GALLI8
BOIARISQUE FUGATIS MORS GLORIOSA . 2 . IUL . MDCCIV. (A gloriOUS
death, the camp on the Schellenberg, near Donauwerth, having
been forced, and the French and Bavarians put to flight, 2 July,
1 7 0 4 .)
l -7 5 . Van Loon, IV. 4 2 0 . Thes. Num. 8 7 6 .
MB. At. Yery rare.
This medal records the same event as the preceding one.
4 8 . B a t t l e o f B l e n h e im . 4% August, 1 7 0 4 .
Bust of Anne, I., hair bound with fillet, lovelock on the right
shoulder, in gown fastened with brooch in front. Leg. anna .
D G . MAG . BR . FR . ET . HIB . REGINA. Below, I . BOSKAM . F ,
Same as Nos. 2 0 , 2 1 , 88.
• Bev. View of the battlefield with the Danube in the distance;
in the foreground the Duke of Marlborough on horseback, r.,
commanding. Leg. d e . g a l l . e t . bav . it e r v m . ad . danvb .
m ar lb . d v o e . (The French and Bavarians again [defeated] on the
Danube, Marlborough commanding.) Ex. d e l e t o . h o s t . in g .
e x e r o . m d c c i i i i . (The immense army of the enemy destroyed,
1 7 0 4 .)
. l -7 . Rapin, iii. 8. Van Loon, IV. 4 2 7 . Thes. Num. 8 9 4 .
MB. 2R. . Rare.
This medal commemorates the battle of Blenheim, being the
second victory obtained by Marlborough upon the banks of the
Danube : the forcing of the entrenched camp on the Schellenberg
and the consequent capture of Donauwerth was the first.
At the battle of Blenheim, Aug. 1 7 0 4 , Marlborough and
Prince Eugene of Savoy commanded the Allies, and Marshals
Tallard and Marsin, and the Elector of Bavaria, the French
and the Bavarians. Tallard and his staff were taken prisoners,
and the whole of his division of the army was either slain,
driven into the Danube, or compelled to surrender. This was
the most splendid victory of the war, and may be said to have
brought to a close the long period of military success which
Louis XIV. had enjoyed.