Description

George II. 1727-1760. Silver Medal 1733, 76.53 g. Projected Marriage of William, Prince of Orange, and Princess Anne. By M. Holtzhey. Busts, face to face, draped. WILH . CAR . HENR . FRIS . PRINC . AVR . ET ANNÆ MAG . BRIT . CONIVGIVM. Rv. Hymen holds a torch and the united shields of Britain and Nassau upon an altar, on which are two flaming heart. AETERNO FOEDERE IVNGAS! In exergue: MDCCXXXIII. Plain edge. 58.7 mm. Eimer -. MI ii 506/53. Van Loon Suppl. 82. Saunders/Vanhoudt 82. Fast vorzüglich / About Extremely Fine. Gereinigt / Cleaned.

From the auction Laurens Schulman 27, Bussum, April 2002, lot 1034.

Anne, Princess Royal (and later by marriage Princess of Orange) was the second child and eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain and his consort Caroline of Ansbach. On 25 March 1734 in the Chapel Royal at St. James's Palace, she married William IV, Prince of Orange.

The dies of this medal were sent over to London from Holland, and were to have been used at the Tower, had not the ceremony been postponed.