COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS. BRITISH MEDALS. Princess Matilda and the Electress Sophia, Silver Medal, 1701, by Samuel Lambelet, bust of each to right, either side, MATILDAN FILIA H II R ANGL ..., rev SOPHIA EX STIRPE ..., 65mm (MI 218/542; Brockm 752; Stemper 197). Extremely fine or virtually so.
The medal was struck to demonstrate how, following the lack of male heirs by either Queen Mary or Queen Anne, the Protestant line would succeed to the English throne, from the descendants of these two princesses, as indeed happened in 1714.
Estimate: £600-800