Description

William III. and Mary II. 1689-1694. Silver Medal 1689, 41.23 g. Danish Auxiliares. By B. Meier. A fleet at sea. Rv. Inscription within floral wreath: A CHRISTIANO V. MISSVM WILHELMO III . AVXILIVM VII M MILITVM . MDCLXXXIX. Plain edge. 44.2 mm. Eimer -. MI i 697/98. Galster 143. van Loon II, 429. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1689-81. Selten / Rare. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine. Stempelfehler / Die flaw.

From the auction Künker 75, Osnabrück, June 2002, lot 1027.

The Danish Auxiliary Corps was a corps of 7,000 Danish soldiers sent to fight with William of Orange who was at war in Ireland. Disappointed with his alliance with France's King Louis XIV, Christian V of Denmark-Norway in 1689 entered into a treaty of military assistance with King William III of England. The corps was transported to Ireland, fighting against the Jacobites, participating in the battles of the Boyne and Aughrim, as well as the sieges of Limerick, Cork, Kinsale, Athlone, and Galway. In early 1692, the corps was transported to Flanders for future service in English pay.

This medal was struck in Denmark.