WHM 52
- WHM 52
- Conte
- Medal
- George I (1727-1760 AD)
- 1718 AD
- Copper alloy
- Struck
- Circular
- 46 mm
- Eimer:479.
- Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut), bought from Auktionhaus H.D. Rauch GmbH, 85, lot 2396.
- 2009-11-28
- Great Britain. Medal engraved by John Croker commemorating the treaty of Passarowitz (actually in Serbia) in which George I mediated between Venice, Austria and Turkey to end the Turkish Wars. Hostilities broke up when the Ottomans forced the Venetians to give up Morea (Peloponnese) in 1715 AD.
GEORGIVS . D : G : MAG : BR : FR : ET . HIB : REX . F : D ., I . C. (below)
Bust of Georges I laureate to right, cuirassed and draped.
PACIS . ARBITER . (above), INTER . GERMAN . TURC : / ET . VENET : / AD PASSAROWITZ . (in exergue), I. C. (beneath the globe)
George I points to the location of Mortea (Peloponnese) on the globe