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Great Britain - 1791

Marriage of Frederick Duke of York and Princess Frederica of Prussia

Obverse
Obverse:
Conjoined busts of the Duke and Duchess of York, left, he cuirassed and draped, hair long tied behind, she draped, hair long. FREDERICUS . D . G . EPISC . OSNAB . DUX . EBOR . & FREDERICA . PRINC . REG . BORUSS.
Size:
38 mm.
Reverse
Reverse:
Inscription within laurel wreath. QUOD FELIX / FAVSTVMQVE / SIT. (May it prove happy and fortunate
Exergue:
SPONSI . NOV . 23 . / 1791. (The newly-weds, November 23, 1791).

BHM:

AE, WM 38 by W. Mainwaring.
AE R; WM RR.
BM.
 
See note to No. 347.
from British Historical Medals, Volume I, pp. 81

Marriage of Frederick Duke of York and Princess Frederica of Prussia

obverse

Marriage of Frederick Duke of York and Princess Frederica of Prussia

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