Beschreibung

Anne, 1702-1714. Silver Medal 1711, 36.37 g. French Lines passed, Bouchain taken. By J. Croker and S. Bull. Bust, laureate and draped. ANNA . AVGVSTA. French soldier surrenders his sword to a female figure seated amongst captured arms and holding a shield inscribed FORTVNA MANENS; towns in distance. HOSTES . AD . DEDITIONEM . COACTI. In exergue: VALLO . GALLORVM . SVPERATO . ET . BVCHEMIO . CAPTO . MDCCXI. Plain edge. 44.5 mm. Eimer 450. MI ii 385/237. van Loon V, 188. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1711-21. FDC / Mint State. Prachtvolle Erhaltung mit herrlicher Patina / Beautiful condition with magnificent patina.

From the auction Spink Taisei Numismatics 33, Zurich, April 1990, lot 764.
From the auction Spink, London, February 1980, lot 521.

The siege of Bouchain (9 August - 12 September 1711), following the Passage of the Lines of Ne Plus Ultra (5 August 1711), was a siege of the War of the Spanish Succession. The Allies broke through the French defensive lines and took Bouchain after a siege of thirty-four days. Its capture left Cambrai the only French-held fortress between the allied army and Paris and weakened the French.