103193 | UNITED STATES & CANADA. George II brass Medal.

103193  |  UNITED STATES, CANADA & WESTERN EUROPE. George II brass Medal. Issued 1759. British victories of the year (43mm, 32.83 g, 12h).

 

GEORGIVS • II • REX •, laureate, garlanded, and armored bust left // Shield with an inverted fleur-de-lis surrounded by garter with PERFIDIA EVERSA and plain roundels; below, ribbon inscribed W. PITT AUSP. GEO. II PR. MI.; around, list of campaigns and their commanders: QUEBEC / WOLFE / MONCKn.TOWNSd. / SEP.13 & 18 | CROWN POINT / AMHERST / AUG.4 | LAGOS / BOSCAWEN / AUG.19 | MINDEN / FERDINAND / AUG. 1 | GUADALOUPE / BARINGn. MOORE / MAY. 1 | NIAGARA / IOHNSON / IULY 25 | HAWKE / QUIBERON / NOV. 20. Edge: Plain.

 

Betts 418; Ford XIV, 62-65; MI-708/444; Eimer 677. About Uncirculated. Deep brown surfaces, with some lighter tan hues nearer the peripheries. A great medallic issue pertaining to Colonial America and the French & Indian War.

 

Sometimes referred to as 'World War Zero,' given its scale overall number of belligerent powers, the Seven Years' War began primarily with Austria's desire to recover Silesia from the Kingdom of Prussia. Since Great Britain had been aiming to increase her colonial possessions in the New World at the expense of France, the strife in the American theater began to merge with that in Europe, resulting in a legitimate global conflict, with every major European power taking the side of either Great Britain/Prussia or France/Austria. In addition to North America and Europe, skirmishes also played out in Central America, the western coast of Africa, India, and the Philippines. Ultimately, a peace was achieved through the Treaty of Paris, formally ending all conflicts save for the Silesian question; the Treaty of Hubertusburg, signed five days later, ended the issue between Prussia and Austria, formally ending the war.

 

This medal celebrates British successes against the French in the Americas (Battles of Guadaloupe [West Indies], Niagara [New York], Crown Point [New York], and Québec [Canada]), as well as in Europe (Battles of Minden [Prussia] and Lagos [Portugal]). The subtle satirical nature takes form in the inverted fleur-de-lis at the center of the reverse.

 

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