Battle of Culloden 1746, bronze medal by Richard Yeo

Obv: cuirrassed bust of the Duke of Cumberland right, legend around GULIELMUS GEOR II R FIL DUX CUMBRIAE (William son of King George II, Duke of Cumberland)

Rev: the Duke, as Hercules, tramples on Discord and raises Britannia, in exergue PERDVELLIB EX ANG FVGAT AD CULLOD DEBELLAT 16 APR 1746 (the rebels driven from England and defeated at Culloden 16th April 1746)

Condition: Almost as struck and retaining much original lustre (not readily apparent in the photograph), a beautiful specimen, rare; Diameter: 51mm

References: MI ii 613/278; Woolf 55.2; C-P Plates XV/4

Notes: The Jacobite army had reached as far as Derby in 1745, but then began the withdrawal to Scotland. The battle of Culloden itself was brief and decisive. Government losses were slight, official figures citing less than 60 men and officers killed, whilst the Jacobites lost somewhere in the region of 1500. The defeat at Culloden put paid to Charles Edward Stuart's desire of gaining the British throne, and he escaped to the Continent, living an unhappy life in exile. This medal is considered rare by Medallic Illustrations, which also refers to this as "the finest of the Culloden medals". It was sold at half a Guinea, and the medallist later became chief engraver at the Royal Mint.

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