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Description: | Medal commemorating the capture of Stralsund, 1715. Obverse: The heads of three kings within a triangle, their names inscribed on each base. Legend: 'HIER . SEHEN . DREY . FRIDRICHE . KAN . MAN' (Here one may see the three Fredericks.) Round the triangle 'REX BORVS FRIDERICVS'; 'REX DAN : & N : FRID : WILH :'; 'AVG : REX : POL : FRIDERICVS'. Reverse: View of the city of Stralsund. Legend: 'WER . MAG . DENSELBEN . WIEDER . STEHEN'. Exergue: 'A DANIS SAXONIBVS ET PRVSSIS OBSIDIONE CAPTA 23 DEC. 1715' (Captured by siege by the Danes, Saxons and Prussians, Dec.1715.) Inscribed on a ribbon, 'STRALSUNDIA'.
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of Stralsund, 1715; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of Stralsund, 1715; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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