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Description: | Medal commemorating the attempts of the Elder Pretender to recover the English Throne in 1708 and 1716. Obverse: Bust of Prince James III in a long wig and armour mantled (right). Legend: 'NIHIL EFFICIENS.' (Accomplishing nothing.) Reverse: Map of Great Britain and Ireland, the sea dotted with ships. Legend: 'BIS VENIT VIDIT NON VICIT FLENSQVE RECESSIT.' (Twice he came, he saw, he did not conquer, and he retired in tears.) On map inscription: 'SCOTIA 1708 . M . MART . 1716 . M . FEBR . BRITANNIA, HIBERNIA.'
caption: Medal commemorating the attempts of the Elder Pretender to recover the English Throne in 1708 and 1716; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the attempts of the Elder Pretender to recover the English Throne in 1708 and 1716; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | James the Elder Pretender medals | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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