Médaille - Jean t'Serclaes de Tilly ND
| Bronze | 42.3 g | 46.8 mm |
| Location | Belgium |
|---|---|
| King | Leopold I (1831-1865) |
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Years | 1848-1850 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 42.3 g |
| Diameter | 46.8 mm |
| Thickness | 5.2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#313858 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
A text filling the entire field summarizes his feats of arms.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
FIT SES PREMIÈRES
ARMES EN HONGRIE, CONTRE
LES TURCS. SON GÉNIE MILITAIRE SE
SIGNALA HAUTEMENT DANS LA GUERRE
DE TRENTE ANS. LIEUTENANT DE MAXIMILIEN
DE BAVIÈRE, CHEF DE LA LIGUE CATHOLIQUE,
IL GAGNA LES BATAILLES DE WIMPFEN, DE
HOECHST, DE STADTLOHN ET DE LUTTER. DANS
CETTE DERNIÈRE ACTION, IL ANÉANTIT LES FOR-
CES DANOISES COMMANDÉES PAR CHRISTIAN IV.
L’EUROPE ENTIÈRE LE PROCLAMA LE PREMIER
GÉNÉRAL DE SON TEMPS. SON ÉTOILE NE PALIT
QUE DEVANT CELLE DE GUSTAVE-ADOLPHE.
IL MOURUT EN 1632 DES SUITES D’UNE
BLESSURE REÇUE EN COMBATTANT.
DIGNE FIN D’UN GRAND
HOMME DE GUERRE.
Engraver: Adolphe Jouvenel
Edge
Plain
Comment
Jean t'Serclaes , second son of Martin, lord of Montignies-sur-Sambre and Tilly, was commander-in-chief of the armies of the Catholic League and the Holy Roman Empire during the first part of the Thirty Years' War.From 1848 to 1850, Adolphe-Christian Jouvenel engraved and published in Brussels a collection of 25 bronze medals in ±46 mm modules, depicting portraits of "Belgium's great men". At the time, each medal was sold for 4 Belgian francs.
34 mm bronze or brass tokens reproducing some of these medals were also engraved, to make the publication accessible to all, according to the prospectus of the time, with a more democratic selling price of 50 centimes.
