Watch List notes:

The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals | Frederick, Election as Prince of Wales, AR Medal, 1729, by Jean Dassier, FRIDERICUS WALLIAE PRINCEPS AET • XXIII • herm bust of Frederick upon a pedestal, flanked by Fame and Britannia, his motto on banner above, MDCCXXIX. in exergue, rev. VIRTUTE INGENITA FORTIS DUCTUQUE PARENTIS •, an eagle trains her young one to fly towards the Meridian sun from a rocky summit, ships at sea beyond, SIC ITUR AD ASTRA. in exergue, edge plain, 41mm, 30.56g, 12h (Eimer 516; MI ii 489/29), slight die flaw to obverse edge at 8 o'clock, nevertheless attractively struck and toned, with highly lustrous surfaces, extremely fine, rare in this metal

Provenance
The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals

SNC, November 1965, no. 6595 - £5.10.0 - EF-FDC