Watch List notes:

World Medals, France, Louis Alexandre de Bourbon (1678-1737), Commander of the French Fleet at the naval engagement off Malaga, 1704, copper medal, struck c. 1818-1820, by Raymond Gayrard with reverse by J-P. C. de Puymaurin, head r. with flowing hair, rev. BRITANNIS BATAVIS QUE DEVICTIS, Victory inscribing a plaque, stands in galley filled with trophies, 68mm. (MI 268/68; MH [France] 150), good very fine, scarce
Struck by the Comte d'Artois (later Charles X) to honour his ancestor. Louis Alexandre de Bourbon was the illegitimate son of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan, legitimised in 1681 and an admiral at the age of 5.
(100-140 GBP)