Watch List notes:

Battle of the Boyne, Death of Schomberg, AR Medal, 1690, by P. H. Müller, series executed by F. Kleinert, FRIDERICUS MARESCHALCUS SCHOMBERG • & •, armoured three-quarters bust right, rev. PLANTAVIT UBIQUE FERACEM •, Schomberg, in Roman dress, holding a shield and olive tree, behind him rises a pyramid and a laurel branch with the shields of France, Germany, Scotland, Spain and Ireland, CONTINVATIS TRIVMPHIS OBDVRATA IN DEVM FIDE IN HIBER • MILITANTI 1690 in exergue in four lines, * PRO RELIGIONE ET LIBERTATE MORI, VIVERE EST • * ••• (FK) ••• on edge, 50mm, 51.68g (Eimer 329; MI 717/139; van Loon IV, 9; Harding 17 this medal), previously cleaned and surfaces lightly contact marked, nevertheless with some toning to legend and devices, attractively struck-up, bolder very fine and very rare, only two traced in this metal on CoinArchives.
During the battle, when William's troops were in danger of being overpowered, Marshal Schomberg, who had kept a strong force in reserve in case of any emergency, threw his force against James' army, again turning the battle in William's favour. Unfortunately the Marshal was carried away amongst a group of James' cavalry and then shot by his own troops who were unaware that their commander had been entangled with the fugitives. Schomberg was a German soldier of fortune who had enjoyed a successful career on the Continent. Muller's decision to depict the Marshal in almost full face portrait, was an unusual feature in the late seventeenth century when regal profiles were more in vogue.
Estimate: £700 - £900