As no specimen of the medal figured in the above cited
works has been met with, the illustration, like others already
described, is probably an enlarged copy of the following one.
The Marquess Das Minas and the Earl of Galway, who commanded
the Allies in Spain, attacked the Duke of Berwick near
the town of Almanza, not knowing that he had received strong
reinforcements. The infantry in the centre entirely succeeded in
their attack, and drove the first line of the French in confusion
upon the second line. In the meantime the French cavalry,
which was immensely superior in number to that of the Allies,
succeeded in their attack upon the cavalry which composed the
allied wings, and after a very firm resistance on the left by the
English and Dutch, but scarcely impeded for a moment on the
right by the Portuguese, the whole allied army broke up into
fragments, and the consequence was an entire defeat. In consequence
of this battle Catalonia alone remained to the Archduke.
105. B a t t l e o f A lm a n za . April, 1707.
Bust of Louis XIV., r., &c.; similar to the preceding.
Below, monogram of t b . (Thomas Bernard.)
Rev. Gallia, crowned, seated amidst captured arms, &c.';
similar to the preceding. In the field, monogram of c i r.
(Charles Joseph Roettier.)
1-6.
MB. 2R. M.
One of the smaller series of French historical medals of
Louis XIV.
106. B a t t l e o f A lm anza. April, 1707.
A v a r i e ty o f t h e p r e c e d in g h a s t h e o b v e r s e f ro m a d if f e r e n t
d i e , a n d t h e a r t i s t ’s s i g n a t u r e , x. m a v g e e . f .
1-6.
MB. Æ.
"107. U n io n o f E n g la n d and S c o t la n d. 1 May, 1707.
Bust of Anne, I., crowned, hair entwined with pearls, lovelock
on the right shoulder, in embroidered gown with straps on
the shoulder, collar, George, and star of the Garter; a bow of
pearls with a brooch on the left shoulder fastens a mantle, which
passes behind. Leg. anna . d : a . mag : b k i : f b : e t . h ib :
BEG. Below, I . o. (John Croker.)
Rev. The British shield within the Garter, crowned, and
between branches of palm and laurel, supported upon a pedestal
marked with the double cypher of A (R. On one side is the
Lion with a shield bearing a rose and a thistle united, and on
the other the Unicorn with the Union shield. All these are
placed on a pedestal decorated with two sceptres in saltire, and
from which are suspended the collar and George of the Garter.
Leg. m a i i . i . m d c c v ii.
1*85. Thes. Num. 680. Kohler, IX. 78.
MB. N . .¡it. (two varieties), 2E. Not uncommon.
There were two different dies used for the obverse of this
medal; one has the shoulder-straps plain, the other decorated.
The Act of Union between England and Scotland received the
royal assent on the 6th March, 1707, and came into operation
on the 1st May following. The Union <is indicated on this
medal by the English and Scottish arms being impaled in the
first and fourth quarters, in the conjunction of the crosses of
St. George and St. Andrew upon one shield, and in the rose
and thistle growing upon one stalk on the other.
108. U n io n o f E n g la n d and S co tla n d . 1 May, 1707.
Bust of Anne, I., crowned, lovelock on the right shoulder, in
gown, collar, George, and star of the Garter; a bow of riband
on the left shoulder fastens a mantle, which passes behind.
Leg. anna . d : g : mag : b e i : f b : e t . h ib : b e g :
Rev. The British shield within the Garter, crowned, &c.;
similar to the preceding.
1 .
MB. At. Not uncommon.