The defeat of the Jacobite army at the Battle of Culloden 1746, bronze medal by Johann Henrik Woolff, scarce

Obv: bust left of William Duke of Cumberland, name and title around, on banner below PRO PATRIA NA IV AP MDCCXXI (born for his country 4th April 1721)

Rev: Cumberland mounted, River Spey beyond and a view of the battle, HORAE MOMENTO around (In a moment), in exergue COMPRESSUS FUROR CIVILIS AD CULLODEN APR XVI MDCCXLVI (Civil discord has been suppressed at Culloden April 16th 1746)

Condition: Extremely fine; scarce

References: MI 609/271 (rare); E 606; Woolf 55:5

Notes: The battle 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.

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