Governor, General, and High-Admiral of United Holland.)- On
mantle, n . v . s . (Nicolaus Van Swinderen.)
Rev. The shield of the Prince of Orange, crowned, within
the Garter: around are the seven shields of the United Provinces,
all crowned, and united by orange branches; below, on
a scroll, e l . v . m a ii . m d c c x lv h . (Elected, 5 May, 1747.)
Leg. concobdia e e s paby.® c b e s c v n t . (By concord small things
increase.)
l -5. Van Loon, Suppl. xxiv. 238.
MB. At. Rare.
The reverse of this medal also occurs with the obverse of
No. 317, and likewise with an obverse bearing the bust of
William V. of Orange (See No. 390, p. 676). William was
elected a Knight of the Garter 12 June, 1733 (See No. 49,
p. 502). The date on the reverse refers to his election as
Stadtholder of the whole Union.
322. W il l ia m , P e in c e o f Ob a n g e , S t a d t h o l d e b . 1747.
Bust of William of Orange, I., &c.; same as the preceding.
Rev. Bust of Princess Anne, I., with lovelock, wearing coronet,
gown, and mantle fastened by a chain over the shoulder.
Leg. ANNA . BEIT . BEG . FIL . PBIMOG . PE . NASS . ET . AB.
(Anne, eldest daughter of the King of Britain, Princess of
Nassau and Orange.) On mantle, n . v . s . (Nicolaus Van
Swinderen.)
1-5. Van Loon, Suppl. xxiv. 238 ; xxvii. 287.
The description of this piece is given from Van Loon, but no
specimen with this type for the reverse has been met with.
323. W il l ia m , P b in c e o f Ob a n g e , S t a d t h o l d e b . 1747.
Busts conjoined,, r., of William of Orange and Princess Anne.
He, hair long, wears dress-coat and riband across the breast;
she, with necklace and lovelock, is in close-fitting bodice.
Leg. w . o . h . f . p b in c . avb . e t . anna . mag . b e it .
Rev. The shield of Nassau within a circle of the crowned
shields of the Seven Provinces united by a riband. Leg. sta d -
HOULDEE . ADMIEAAL & KAPITEYN . GENEBAAL VAN 7 PBOVINTIEN.
/(Stadtholder, Admiral and Captain-General of the Seven Provinces.)
1'6. Van Loon, Suppl. xxiii. 232.
MB. brass. Not rare.
An ill-executed brass medal, struck upon the same occasion
as the preceding.
324. W il l ia m , P e in c e o f Ob a n g e , S t a d t h o l d e b . 1747.
Bust of William of Orange, I , hair short, in armour, riband
and star of the Garter. Leg. w . c . h . f b is o d . g . abavs .
e t n . p b . p a t e . p a t . (William Charles Henry Friso, by the
grace of God, Prince of Orange and Nassau, Father of his
Country.) Around is an ornamented garter, inscribed with the
Prince’s motto, i e m a in t ie n d b a i . 1747.
Rev. The shield of the Prince within the Garter.
Above is a crown, one side of which is decorated with two
hands, issuing from a lion’s mouth and an orange wreath,
clasped, and holding the bundle of arrows; below is inscribed,
IN HOC v n iv n tv b . (In this they are united.) The other side
is plain.
l -5. Van Loon, Suppl. xxiii. 226.
MB. At gilt. Very rare.
This is a heart-shaped badge struck for distribution, and to
be worn in remembrance of the proclamation of William as
Stadtholder. Van Loon says a great variety of these badges
were executed at this time: but this one appears specially to
refer to England, which country, since the marriage of the
Prince of Orange with Princess Anne, had never lost sight of
the project of bringing about the Prince’s elevation to the
Stadtholderate.
There are other medals relating to William’s elevation to the
Stadtholderatebut as they neither refer to Princess Anne,
nor to England, nor specially to the Order of the Garter, they
are not described here. (See Van Loon, Suppl. PI. xxiii—xxv.)