Rev. Victory, armed with thunder, upon an antique boat, &c.;
same as the preceding. Leg. comm er c ia h o s t ib i js in t e r c l u s a .
Ex. NAVIBUS CAPTIS ART INCENSIS AD . ERETUM GADITANUM .
x x v h . j u n i i . M .D C .x cm .
2 -9. Med. Louis XIV., fol. 248.
No specimen has been met with.
These medals are after drawings by Sebastian Le Clerc.
(See the following one.)
300. S e a -e ig h t o f f G ib r a l t a r . -|-f- June, 1693.
Bust of Louis XIV., r., hair long, in mantle ornamented
with fleurs-de-lis and tied in a knot on the shoulder. Leg.
LVDOVICVS . MAGNVS . REX . CHRISTIANISSIMVS. Below, H. ROVS-
SEL . F .
Rev. Victory, armed with thunder, stands r., looking I.,
upon an antique boat, between the pillars of Hercules erected
at the foot of two mountains.- Leg. c om m er c ia . h o s t ib v s .
INTERCLYSA. Ex. 0 . NAVIBVS . CAPT . .AVT • INCENSIS . AD .
f r e t y m . gaditanym . m .d c .x c i i i . (One hundred ships taken or
burnt in the straits of Gibraltar, 1693.)
2'65.
MB. M. Rare.
This medal differs little from the preceding, but the design is
the same as that given in the MS. work of Le Clerc. The boat
on which Victory stands represents an antique ship of burthen
or merchantman (o\icds). Le Clerc submitted other designs for
medals commemorative of this victory, which were, however, not
accepted by the Academy.
301. B a t t l e o f L a n d e n , July, 1693.
Bust of William III., r., laureate, hair long, in armour,
with lion’s head on the breast and rich straps with lions rampant,
suns, and fleurs-de-lis on the shoulder, and mantle round
the breast. Leg. in v ic t is s im v s . g v il l e lm v s . i i i . Below, f . d .
WINTER . F.
ReVi- Inscription, vtcto v ic t o r e gallo n um e ro d u p l ic e
FORTIORE VIRTUTE INFERIORE ARTE IMPARI PERDITO GALLIARUM
FLORE DESTRUCTO PEDITATU . CiESIS PRiETORIANIS . SAUCUS (sic)
ICTIS ET VERB VICTIS LUDOVIGEIS COPIIS TROPHEUM STATUIT
GVILELMUS I I I REX . M . BR . XXIX0 IUL : M.DC.XCIH. (The victorious
French being conquered, doubly superior in number,
inferior in courage, unequal in skill, the flower of the French
forces having perished, their infantry being destroyed, the
guards slain, the troops of Louis wounded, smitten, and truly
conquered, William III., King of Great Britain, erected a
trophy, 29 July, 1693.)
1‘95. Bapin, xv. 2. Van Loon, IV. 140.
MB. electrotype from Hague, lead. Marquess of Bute, lead.
Very rare.
This medal commemorates the attack made by Luxembourg
upon William’s entrenched camp at Landen, and though the inscription
is too exaggerated, it is very nearly true, and might have
been entirely so had not the French army after several repulses
been reinforced by twenty-two fresh and unexpected squadrons,
which turned the fate of the day. Luxembourg was ultimately
successful, though his loss exceeded that of the Allies in
officers and men, and he was compelled to remain fifteen days
inactive, during which time William was reinforcing his army
and able to hazard another engagement.
302. B a t t l e o f L a n d e n . -|-§- July, 1693.
Bust of William III., r., laureate, &c.; same as the preceding.
Rev. Two dogs, suffering by their attacks upon a porcupine;
in the distance are soldiers marching. Leg. nvnqvam : im pv n e .
l a c e s s it v s . (Never provoked with impunity.) Ex. pvgna ad
n e e r h e s p e n xxix iv l i i m d c x c iii. (Battle of Neerhespen, 29
July, 1693.)
1‘95. Bapin, xv. 3. Van Loon, IV. 140.
MB. 2R. lead. Hunter, At. Brussels, iE. Stockholm,
M . Very rare.