Watch List notes:

Commemorative Medals, William III, Namur Retaken, silver medal, 1695, by Jan Boskam and (reverse) Nicholas Chevalier, laureate and armoured bust of William r., WILHELMVS III DG MAG BRIT FRANC ET BHIB REX, rev. an ostrich stands before the cityscape and fortress of Namur, the key to city in its beak, FORTI PECTORI NIL INSVPERABILE, 59.5mm. (MI 132/385, in peter only & Pl. CII, 1, also pewter; Eimer - ; vL IV, 197, obv. and rev., on differing medals), a handsome and excessively rare medal, a few slight bruises, nearly extremely fine
*ex Dreweatts property
That the British Museum should only hold the medal in pewter and that neither the Murdoch or Montagu collections had a specimen of this medal in any metal, can only emphasise its rarity. William's resolve in being able to devour the fortress of Namur is compared with an that of an ostrich, a bird whose stomach, according to old beliefs, can digest anything, even iron.
(3000-3500 GBP)