Description

George I. 1714-1727. Silver Medal 1718, 35.06 g. Treaty of Passarowitz. By J. Croker. Bust, laureate, armoured and draped. GEORGIVS D G MAG BR FR ET HIB REX F. D. Rv. The King in Roman dress, stands beneath an ornamented tent and indicates the area of Morea on a globe. PACIS . ARBITER. In exergue: INTER . GERMAN : TURC : ET . VENET : AD . PASSAROWITZ. Plain edge. 45.8 mm. Eimer 479. MI ii 437/39. Brockmann 826. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine.

From the auction Hess Divo 267, May 1996, Zurich, lot 663.

The Treaty of Passarowitz was the peace treaty signed in Pozarevac, a town that was in the Ottoman Empire but is now in Serbia, on 21 July 1718 between the Ottoman Empire and its adversaries, the Habsburg monarchy and the Republic of Venice. Peace was arranged with the intervention and mediation of Great Britain and the Dutch Republic.

On the reverse the King is pointing to the Morea, the origin of the quarrel, which was now allowed to be retained by the Ottomans.