distance. Leg. f o r t e s . fo r tv n a . iv v a t . (Fortune favours
the brave.— Ter. Thor. Act i. Sc. iv. 26.) Ex. f o s s is . f a l l is q
(sic). h o s t . s v p e r a t is . in . BE . e t . f l . cioioocv. (The trenches
and palisades of the enemy forced in Brabant and Flanders,
1705.)
1-7. Bapin, iii. 10. Van Loon, V. 17. Thes. Num.
537.M
B. jB . Rare.
This medal commemorates the passage of the boasted and
formidable lines, which the French had been three years
constructing, and which extended from Namur to Antwerp.
By a series of most skilled manoeuvres Villeroy was deceived,
and Marlborough, on the July, forced his lines near Tirle-
mont, and the French were compelled to heat a precipitate
retreat. The lines in Flanders were near Fort St. Philip, and
were forced by Baron Spar on the ^ 1705.
80. D ijk e o f M a r l b o r o u g h . S u c c e s s e s . 1705.
Bust of Marlborough, r., hair long, in figured armour, embroidered
mantle, and riband across the breast. Leg. io h :
DVX DE MARLBOROVGH MARCH : DE BLANFORD : S . R . I . PR .
03 . CAMPIMARES . GENER . EXERCIT’ ANGLICI CAPITAN . GENERAL .
in g e rm a n . (John, Duke of Marlborough, Marquess of Bland-
ford, Prince of the Holy- Roman Empire, and Field Marshal
General, Captain-General of the English Army in Germany.)
On truncation, c. w e r m u t h . f .
Rev. Inscription, T V D V X E T A V TO R e s t v n o s a b d VC/s
A B ISTRO I N M ED IAQ V E H O STIS D A S REGIONE L O C VM .
OVID . MDCCV. (You are our General and Commander; you
lead us from the Danube, and give us a settlement in the midst
of the enemy’s country.—Ovid. 1705.)
1-65. Snelling, xxii. 7. Rapin, iii. 11. Van Loon, V.
18. Thes. Num. 544.
MB. lead. Hunter, 2R. , Very rare.
This medal, by Christian Wermuth, is published in his
Catalogue, 1718, No. 22, p. 22. It was struck whilst the
Germans were still exulting over Marlborough’s movements
from the Danube , to the Moselle, and about the time of his
success in passing the French lines in Brabant. The inscription
on the reverse is adopted, with some variation, from
Ovid, Trist. Lib. iv. Eleg. x. 119, 120.
81. G e o r g e A u g u s t u s , E l e c t o r a l P r in c e o f H a n o v er ,
and P r in c e s s C a r o l in e o f A n s pa c h . M a r r ia g e .
U3;i22 August -
2 September» •
Bust of Prince George, r., hair very long, in armour, mantle
over the left shoulder, and riband across the breast. Leg.
GEORG • AUG . PRINC . ELECTORAL . BR & L. (George Augustus,
Electoral Prince of Brunswick and Luneburg.) Ex. f lamm ae
f e l I c e s . (Happy are the nuptials— ) Below, e . h a n n ib a l .
Rev. Bust of Princess Caroline, r., hair confined by strings
of pe&rls and bandeau, lovelock behind, in mantle fastened by
a string of jewels over the shoulder. Leg. w il h e l . carol
m ar ch . BRAND. (Wilhelmina Caroline, Margravine of Brandenburg.)
Ex. QVAS MVTWS e x c it a t a r d o r . (— which a mutual
affection kindles.) Below, e . h a n n ib a l .
2-55.
MB* -AL Rare.
This and the following medal commemorate the marriage of
the Electoral Prince of Hanover, afterwards George II. of
England, with the daughter of John Frederick, Margrave of
Brandenburg-Anspach, afterwards Queen Caroline, at the palace
of Herrenhausen, Hanover.
8 2 . G e o r g e A u g u s t u s , E l e c t o r a l P r in c e o f H an o v er ,
and P r in c e s s C a r o l in e o f A n s pa c h . M a r r ia g e .
22 August 1 7 n -
2 September* -Wl/t).
Bust of Prince George, r., &c.; similar to the preceding.
Leg. GEORG . AVG . PRINC . ELECTORAL . BR & L. Ex. FLAMMAE
f e l ic e s . On truncation, Hannibal. (Ehrenreich Hannibal.)