118. U n io n o p E ng la n d and S cotland c e l e b r a t e d at
L e i p z ig . ' 1707.
Bust of Anne, I., crowned, lovelock on the left shoulder, in
mantle fastened with brooch in front. Leg. anna d . g .
MAG . ET UNIT.® BRITA . PRA . ET HIB . REGINA. Below, C. Wi
(Christian Wermuth.)
Rev. Two female figures hold two wreaths interlinked above
the inscription v iv a t anna. (Long live Anne); distant view of
Leipzig. Leg. e t e x t e r is e t ia m g r ata . (Pleasing even to Foreigners.)
Ex. IN ACTVM LIPSIENSEM D . . ANNO MDCCVII .
IN HONOREM MAGNiE UNIONIS AC CELEBRATION . D . NOMINALIS
ANNAE M . B . R . HABITVM cvrabe fecit . o. wbemuth. (Upon the
festival held at Leipzig 1707, in honour of the Great
Union, and - in celebration of the feast day of Anne, Queen of
Great Britain, Christian Wermuth executed this medal.)
Edge, qvae b e l l o pa c eq v e m a io r . (Who is greater in war
and peace ?)
1*7. Thes. Num. 692.
MB. 2Et. (with and without inscribed edge). Gotha, M.
Very rare.
This medal by Christian Wermuth is described in his Catalogue,
1718, No. 17, p. 22.
John Burkhard Menke, Public Professor of History in the
University of Leyden and Fellow of the Royal Society of
England, induced Luder Menke, the Rector of the University
of Leipzig, and probably a relation, to celebrate a festival in
honour of the Union of England and Scotland, and the day
chosen was the feast of St. Anne, f ^ | . He himself delivered
an oration in the Church of the University laudatory of the
principles of the Union, and the prudence with which it had
been effected. After the oration John Robinson, the British
Envoy, made his compliments to the University for so remarkable
an instance of veneration and respect for Her Majesty, and
later in the day entertained the members of the University
and all the foreign ministers at a grand banquet. The two
female figures represented on this medal are Anglia and Scotia,
but they are unaccompanied by any distinguishing symbols.
119. J o h n W il l ia m , D u k e o p S a x e -G o th a .
Died, -j^g- August, 1707.
Bust of the Duke of Saxe-Gotha, r., partly turned away from
the spectator, hair long, in lace cravat and armour. Leg.
IOH : WILHELM . dvx sax . i . c . m . a . e t w.( (John William,
Duke of Saxony, Julich, Cleves, Berg [Montium], Engern, and
Westphalia.) On truncation, Wermuth. (Christian Wermuth.)
Rev. Inscription, natvs avo e r n e s t o p io p a t r e p r id e r ic o
MAGNANIMO MAT ■ MAGDALENO SIBILLA N . D . S . X . A . MDCLXXVII
IV . OCT . GOTHAE . IN PRIMA IWENTVTE PERACTIS STVDIIS POST
VARIA ITINERA ET DEINCEPS BELLICIS IMPERIIS ADMOTVS PER
GERMANIAM BRITANN . BELGIVM HVNGARIAM SVECIAM POLONIAM
ITALIAM GALLIAMQVE ADMIRANDA VIRTVTIS EDIDIT SPECIMINA
DILECTVS PRINCIPIBVS PRINCEPS NEC MINVS DEO A . MD.CCII . V H I .
APR . IN NAVFRAGIO AD HOLMAM PACTO SERVATVS TANDEM D . XV .
AVG . MDCCVII . IN OBSIDIONE TELONIS MARTH S . CAES . AO M .
BRITANN . REG . MAI ; ET . ORD . FOEDERATORVM BELG . LOCVM-
TENENS GENERALIS FORTISSIME PVGNANS INFELICI GLOBVLO TRA-
IECTVS HONESTIS WLNERIBVS OCCVBVIT NON TAM VITAM QVAM
MOLESTIAS PINIENS ANIMA IN COELO NVNC TRIVMPHANTE PAMA
IN EVROPA PERENANTE EXVVIAE TANTI HEROIS IN ARCS FRIE-
DENSTEINENSI RECONDEBANTVR XXIII . NOV . MDCCVII. (Grandson
of Ernest the Pious, son of Frederick the Magnanimous and of
Madeleine Sybilla, born Duchess of Saxony, born at Gotha,
4 Oct. 1677, having finished his studies at an early age after
various travels, and then being promoted to military command,
he gave surprising proofs of his valour in Germany,
England, Belgium, Hungary, Sweden, Poland, Italy, and France ;
a Prince beloved of Princes and of God himself, having been
preserved from shipwreck near Stockholm, 8 April, 1702; at
length, at the siege of Toulon, 15 August, 1707, acting as
Lieutenant-General of the armies of their Majesties, the
Emperor and the Queen of Great, Britain, and of the United
Provinces of Holland, and whilst fighting most bravely, he was
unfortunately pierced by a bullet, and died of his honourable
wounds, ending not so much his life as its troubles; his