Medal - Seven Years War Battle of Prague

Reverse

Victoria - the winged personification of victory - hovering (with lightning bolts extending from her right hand behind) over a kneeling figure of Bohemia/Austria - kicking the crown off Empress Maria Theresa. Trophies of captured weapons below, a shield with lettering, spolia (repurposed stone) with lettering.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FAMA · PRVDENTIA · ET · VIRTVTE

AVSTR · EXERC · PROPE · PRAG · FVNDIT
CÆSO ET · PRAGA · OBSESSA ·
VI · MAJI · MDCCLVII

VICTORIA FRIDERICI MAGN.
ALBISIL MOLDA

Translation:
Fama Prudentia et Virtute = Fame wisdom and courage
[Through his fame, politics and courage]

Austriae exercitu prope Pragam funditus caeso, et Praga obsessa, VI Maji MDCCLVII
= Total defeat of the Austrian army near Prague, and Prague besieged, the 6th of May, 1757

Victoria Friderici Magnus = Victory of Frederick the Great
Albisi Molda = Elbe (and the) Vltava rivers

Edge

Plain

Comment

This medal commemorates the battle of Prague (a battle in which Prussians beat Austrians in the Seven Years' War) with Frederick the Great on the obverse. Diesinker is Johann Georg Holtzhey (1729-1808) (Dutch medallist and engraver and master of the mints of Guelders and Middelburg). The reverse shows Victoria hovering over a kneeling figure of Austria.
 In the Battle of Prague on May 6, 1757 Frederick's 67,000 Prussians forced 60,000 Austrians to retreat, but having lost 14,300 men, decided he was not strong enough to attack Prague.
 The King of Prussia, Frederick II (1712-1786) was enormously popular in England as Britain's ally during the Seven Years War.
 Brandenburg-Silesia.

Catalogues: Renesse No. 15763. G. 33. K.; Olding 604a

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