Beschreibung

Charles I. 1625-1649. Silver Medal n. d. (1649), 31.78 g. Charles I. Death and Memorial. Signed F. Bust three-quarters, armoured and draped. CARL . I . V . G . G . KÖNIG VON ENGEL : SCHOTT : UND IRRLAND . LEYDEN GOTT UND OBRIGKEIT. Rv. A rampant seven-headed monster; below the King's head lying on the ground beside his crown and sceptre. BEY DES POFELS MACHT UND STREIT. Plain edge. 46.7 mm. Eimer 163. MI i 352/210. van Loon II, 321,1. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1649-4. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine.

Charles I, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, was executed on Tuesday, 30 January 1649 outside the Banqueting House on Whitehall, London. The execution was the culmination of political and military conflicts between the royalists and the parliamentarians in England during the English Civil War, leading to the capture and trial of Charles. On Saturday 27 January 1649, the parliamentarian High Court of Justice had declared Charles guilty of attempting to "uphold in himself an unlimited and tyrannical power to rule according to his will, and to overthrow the rights and liberties of the people" and sentenced him to death by beheading.

This medal is skilfully but not gracefully executed, apparently in Holland or in Germany. The device of the reverse appears to have been copied from MI i 351/209.