so that the sun shall not burn thee by day, neither the moon
by night.—comp. Psal. cxxi. 5, 6.) f . k . (Friedrich Kleinert.)
1’95. Van Loon, IV. 171.
MB. iR. Hague, 7R. P. H. Van Gelder, iR.
Brussels, iR. Rare.
This medal was struck at Nuremberg, and issued also in
wood for use as a draughtsman. The representatives of the
Allies encircle the standard of Christianity as the principle
and bond of their union against the Turks and their French
allies, and upon the edge is the assurance of the protection of
Providence, exemplified in the three successes recorded on the
reverse. Peterwardein, on the Danube, was relieved when
besieged by the Turks ; and Huy, on the Meuse, was retaken,
having been captured from the Allies by Luxembourg in the
preceding year. The Prince of Baden crossed the Rhine, near
Hagenbaeli, about the middle of September, and laid Alsace
under contribution.
3 2 8 . Campaign of 1 6 9 4 . F e e n c h M ed a l .
Bust of Louis XIV., I., laureate, hair long, in armour, with
lion’s head in front and straps ornamented with fleurs-de-lis
and suns on the shoulder, and mantle with fringed edge round
the breast. Leg. lv d o v ic v s m agnvs e e x c h b is t ia n is s im v s .
Rev. A monument, consisting of an obelisk upon a pedestal
having on its front a medallion of a sun and a globe, with the
legend, n e c . p l v b ib v s . im p a e . (Not unequal to many.) The
serpent of Eternity forms the border. On the pedestal, amid
piles of arms, Minerva, holding a Victory, kneels and supports
the medallion, and Fame, holding a trumpet, inscribes the
obelisk lv d . v e e e magno. (To Louis, the truly Great.) The
pedestal is inscribed, in d e l ib a t a m . o e b is . g al . monaeohiam .
vnvs in . om n e s . svsTiNviT . m dcxc iv. (Alone against all he
sustained the monarchy of the French empire uninjured,
1 6 9 4 .)
This medal is not one of the French official series. Although
the arms of France during 1 6 9 4 had not been crowned with
any great victories, she had compelled the Imperial army to
remain inactive, had thwarted all the measures of the Duke of
Savoy, had defeated the Spaniards, and, with the exception of
the loss of Huy, had baffled all the efforts of the Confederate
Princes allied against her. This was accomplished in spite of
the distress and discontent which prevailed among her own
people, and is commemorated by the above medal. (See also
No. 4 0 5 , p. 1 4 4 .)
3 2 9 . W il l ia m III. and L o u is XIV. c o n t b a s t e d . 1 6 9 4 .
William III., standing, facing, pointing with his sceptre to
the sun on his left, to which his face is turned, and with his
sword to a candle on the ground; above his head a star, and
the astronomical sign for the planet Mars. Leg. t a l e f v i .
t a l is nvnc svm . t a l isq . f v t v b ’ . (Such I was, such I am
now, and such I shall be.) Ex. e e x . a n g l ia e 1 6 9 4 . (King
of England.)
Rev. Louis XIV. in similar attitude, but pointing with his
sceptre to the sun on his right and looking at the candle on
the ground ; above his head a star, and the astronomical sign
for the Sun. Leg. t a l is e e am . t a l is nvnc svm . mox ta l e
f v t v e v s . (Such I was, such I am now, and such I shall be
soon.) Ex. e e x . g a l l iie . 1 6 9 4 . (King of France.)
Edge, v n iv s in c e em e n t v m e s t a l t e e iv s d e c e em e n t v m .
(The increase of the one is the decrease of the other.)
1-6.
MB. electrotype from Gotha, 2R. Extremely rare.
This medal is by Christian Wermuth, and is described in
his Catalogue, 1 7 1 3 , No. 9 , p. 2 1 . On this medal the careers
of William and Louis are contrasted. William, who at first
was only the Stadtholder of Holland, had become the ruler of
three kingdoms, and by his wisdom and valour the chief adviser
of the Confederate Princes of Europe. Louis XIV., who had
commenced his reign in all the grandeur of a supreme monarch,