BHM #349 - 1791


Marriage of Frederick Duke of York and Princess Frederica of Prussia

British Historical Medals 349 - 1791 British Historical Medals 349 - 1791
Obv. Conjoined busts of the Duke and Duchess of York, left, he cuirassed and draped, hair long tied behind, she draped, hair long. FREDERICUS . D . G . EPISC . OSNAB . DUX . EBOR . & FREDERICA . PRINC . REG . BORUSS.
Rev. Inscription within laurel wreath. QUOD FELIX / FAVSTVMQVE / SIT. (May it prove happy and fortunate).
In exergue: SPONSI . NOV . 23 . / 1791. (The newly-weds, November 23, 1791).
AE, WM 38 by W. Mainwaring. AE R; WM RR.
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See note to No. 347.
from British Historical Medals, Volume I, pp. 81