the shield of Austria: Barcelona in the distance. Leg. s o l i s
e e l l ip s i s . d . 12 . mai. (The eclipse of the sun,- 12 May.) Ex.
BABCELLONA OBSIDIONE LIBEBATA PHXLIPPO ANDEGAV . EX HISP .
f v g a t o . (Barcelona delivered from siege b y the flight of Philip
of Anjou from Spain.) Below, * , the mark of Georg Hautsch.
Rev. Supplicant cities present their keys to Marlborough on
horseback in the field of battle. Leg. v ic to e ia evm im p e t v s .
(The impetuosity of his conquests.) Ex. svb d v ce m a b l e b v eg .
VICTOBE PEEPETVO . GALL . PEOELIGATIS BEABANTIA EX FLANDBIA
EEEPTiE . m d c c v i. (Under the command of Marlborough, always
victorious, Brabant and Flanders have been rescued from the
defeated French, 1706.)
Edge, sic so l c k e s c e n t e s d e c e d e n s d v p l ic a t vm b ba s. v ib g .
(Thus the setting sun lengthens the increasing shadows.-—
comp. Virg. Eclog. ii. 67.) f . k. (Friedrich Kleinert.)
1-8. Rapin, iv. 2. Van Loon, V. 83. Thes. Num. 582.
Lochner, III. 409.
MB. JR. (with and without inscribed edge). Rare.
One of the series of medals issued by Friedrich Kleinert at
Nuremberg. (See No. 50, Vol. I. p. 675.)
The obverse celebrates the relief of Barcelona and the flight
of Philip V. and his army to the French frontier, in which
they scarcely paused until they reached Perpignan; and also
the eclipse of the sun at the moment of their departure. The
reverse alludes to the conquests of Marlborough, of whom it
has been said, that no commander displayed more promptitude
and activity in prosecuting his success. The edge compares
the declining power of France to the setting sun.
100. S u c c e s s e s o f t h e A l l ie s in S pa in and B ea b a n t . 1706.
A radiant sun with human face, surmounted by the crown of
Spain; amidst its rays are three other crowns indicating the
Empire, England, and Holland. Leg.—
MIT GOTT DYBCH M . O . G . VND L,
WIBDS DA VND DOETEN WIEDEE HELL.
(With God, by Marlborough, Overkirk, Galway, and Leake, it
shall again shine abroad.)
Rev. The sun eclipsed : at each corner is an inscription, b a e -
CELONA LIBEEATA A . 1706 . 12 . MAI. ECLIPSIS SOLIS.— MADEITVM
OCCVP. m . MAI.— BEABANTIA OCOVP. m . MAI.— TIELEMONT. CLADES .
m . m a i. (Barcelona relieved and the eclipse of the sun, 12
May, 1 7 0 6 Madrid occupied, MayBr abant occupied, May;
Defeat at Tirlemont, May.) Underneath, a drooping lily,
and the artist’s initials, g . f . n . (Georg Friedrich Nürnberger.)
2-1. Rapin, iv. 5. Van Loon, V. 33. Thes. Num. 643.
MB. JR. (lozenge-shaped). Very rare.
Executed at Nuremberg. The coincidence of the eclipse of
the sun with the relief of Barcelona is referred to in the
previous medal. The occupation of Madrid was effected by the
Earl of Galway, but not in May, as stated on this medal, as that
general did not reach the capital till June, through want of
information of the movements of the Earl of Peterborough at
Barcelona. (See the following medal.) Brabant, as has been
stated, was occupied in consequence of the battle of Ramillies,
sometimes called the battle of Tirlemont, where Marlborough
and Overkirk commanded. Leake commanded the fleet which
relieved Barcelona.
. 101. S u c c e s s e s o f t h e A l l ie s in S pa in and B e a b a n t . 1706.
A segment of the globe marked eueop« ; above, clouds
obscuring sun. Leg. sic o b s c u e a t u e g l o e ia m ag n i e e g i s .
(Thus is obscured the glory of the great King.) Ex. m dc c v i.
Rev. Arranged around a medallion of Charles HI., cabol .
n i . h i s p . e e x ., are three laurel circles, one with a naval and a
mural crown contains a view of Barcelona, bombarded, ba bc in o .
l ib e e . x i i may. (Barcelona relieved, 12 May); another, murally
crowned, has a view of the battle of Ramillies, p b (e l . b»mtt. .
xmi (sic) may. (The battle of Ramillies, 14 May); the third, also
murally crowned, has a view of Madrid, in t e a . m a d e i . x x v i.
iv n y . (The entry into Madrid, 26 June.) Behind are the flags
of the Allies. Leg. d om in um q u e in e e g n a t u l e e e . (And they
brought the master to his kingdoms.) Ex. An arabesque
ornament.
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