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Description: | Medal of Frederick the Great of Prussia with a diameter of 43mm. The edge is damaged. It is of copper alloy, probably of pinchbeck, a brass, mainly of copper with some zinc, invented in the 18th century as a cheap imitation of gold and often used for medals. It is an English medal commemorating the victories of Frederick the Great over the French at Rosbach and the Austrians at Lissa in the Severn Years War.
Date: 1757
Ref: Medallic Illustrations, plate clxxvii, no. 6 | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1757 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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