Description

William III. and Mary II. 1689-1694. Silver Medal 1692, 72.29 g. Battle of La Hougue. By P. H. Mueller, executed by F. Kleinert. William III, crowned by Victory, habited as a Roman Emperor, and holding a rudder, stands between Hibernia, with her harp, and Belgia, with staff and the cap of Liberty, and accompanied by her Lion. WILHELM . III . D . G . MAG . BRIT . FRAN . ET HIB . REX GALLORVM VICTOR. In exergue: CONCORDANT. Rv. Naval action; above, the Zodiac; the sun about to quit Gemini and to pass on to Cancer, Leo, and Virgo. SOLIS ITER. In exergue: VICT . NAV . DE GALLIS MAX . DIE 29 MAY MDCXCII. Edge: CONCASTIGATVS GALLORVM FASTVS ET ASTVS FLVCTIBVS, ET PVGNA FRACTVS ATROCE FRAGOR . FK. 55.5 mm. Eimer -. MI ii 61/262. Forster 681. van Loon IV, 93,4. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1692-17. Gutes vorzüglich / About Uncirculated. Feine Patina / Nicely toned.

From the auction Münz Zentrum Albrecht + Hoffmann GmbH 51, Köln, March 1984, lot 1366.

The Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue in 1692 were significant naval engagements during the Nine Years' War (1688 - 1697), a conflict fought between the Grand Alliance (led by England, the Dutch Republic, and the Holy Roman Empire) and France under King Louis XIV. These battles marked a decisive victory for the Anglo-Dutch fleet and effectively ended French naval dominance in the English Channel.