Watch List notes:

The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals | Attempted Invasion of Scotland, AR Medal, 1708, AR, by John Croker, ANNA • D : G : MAG : BRI : FRA : ET • HIB : REG :, draped bust left, rev. CLASSE • GALL • FVG •, Britannia, armed, protects the crouching figure of Scotia from the French fleet in fight; one of their ships lying obstructed in the harbour, AD • FRETVM • EDENBVRG • XIV • MARTII • MDCCVIII in exergue in three lines, edge plain, 40mm, 23.19g, 12h (Eimer 430; MI ii 316/141; MH 1919, 139), toned, highly lustrous and reminiscently proof-like in appearance, a pleasing extremely fine, rare in this condition

Provenance
The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals

Baldwins, by private treaty, c. 1965 - £12.10.0


This medal is the only one struck in England to commemorate the attempt at invasion in 1708 by the French during the reign of Louis XIV.