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Ref:
4728 |
Anne,
Capture of Tournai 1709, silver medal by
John Croker Obv:
bust of Queen Anne left Rev:
Pallas seated with military trophies, town in the distance, TORNACO
EXPVRGATO around, date in exergue Condition:
good fine; Diameter: 40mm Reference:
MI ii 354/190; E 437; vL V/141 Notes:
Tournai lies in the Hainault region
of what was then the Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium) and the siege
was part of the Wars of the Spanish Succession. John Churchill, Duke of
Marlborough, led the Allied forces besieging the town. The siege lasted
69 days before the French finally surrendered. It was one of the
bloodiest sieges of the War, with some 3,800 French casualties and
5,400 on the Allied side. Price:
£250 |
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