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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a medal commemorating the attempted invasion of Scotland in 1708. Obverse: Bust of Queen Anne (left), crowned, lovelock on left shoulder, her mantle fastened with a brooch in front. Legend: 'ANNA D . G . MAG . ET . UNITAE BRITA . FRA . ET HIB . REGINA'. Reverse: Inscription: 'HENRICVS ROSAS . IACOBVS NOMINA . ANNA REGNA VNIVIT . MDCCVII . CONFIRMAVITQ . FACTA IRRITA LVD . XIV . GALL . REG . CONSPIRATIONE PER PRESVPP . IACOB DE WALLIS . MDCCVIII'. (Henry united the roses, James the names, Anne the kingdoms, 1707, and established them by frustrating the conspiracy of Louis XIV, King of France in support of James, the pretended Prince of Wales, 1708).
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1007 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Junker, Johann George; Wermuth, Christian |
| Events: | Jacobite risings: Planned French invasion of Britain, 1708 |
| Date made: | 1708 |
| People: | Queen Anne |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 5 mm x 45 mm |