Medal - Matthias Johann Schulenburg and the defense of Korfu

Features

Location	Republic of Venice (Venice, Italian States)
Doge	Giovanni II Cornaro (1709-1722)
Type	Commemorative medals › Military medals
Year	1716
Composition	Silver
Weight	42.81 g
Diameter	50 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 447762
References	Forster# 800 Albert von Forster; 1910. Die Erzeugnisse der Stempelschneidekunst in Augsburg und Ph. H. Müller's nach meiner Sammlung beschrieben und die Augsburger Stadtmünzen = The products of the die cutting art in Augsburg and Ph. H. Müller's described according to my collection and the Augsburg city coinage. Verlag Karl W. Hiersemann, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. , Voltolina# 1388 Piero Voltolina; 1998. La storia di Venezia attraverso le medaglie / Volume I. Venice, Italy. , Slg. Julius# 1273 Sammlung Julius; 1958. Krieg und Frieden auf der Medaille und in der Gedenkmünze = War and Peace on the Medal and Commemorative Coin. Münzhandlung R. Gaettens, Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. , Erl Medail# 2707 Herbert Justin Erlanger; 1985. Nürnberger Medaillen 1806-1981 / Teil 1: Die "metallene Chronik" der ehemaligen Reichstadt im Zeitalter industrieller Kultur Teil 1 Nr. 1 - 1044 = Nuremberg Medals 1806-1981. Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany.

Commemorative issue

On the defense of Corfu (Kerkyra) against the Turks from July 25th to August 20th under the leadership of Matthias Johann Reichsgraf von Schulenburg

Obverse

Cuirassed bust facing left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MATT • IOH • SCHVLENBVRG • S • R • I • COM • SER • REIT • VENET • CAMPI • MARESCH • GENERALIS •
M •

Engraver: Philipp Heinrich Müller

Reverse

Plan of Kerkyra with siege batteries and their firing directions.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
AVSPICIIS VENETVM VIRTVS GERMANA TVETVR
CORCYRAM
D • XXII • AVG • A • MDCCXVI •
*

Engraver: Philipp Heinrich Müller

Mint

Augsburg, Germany

Mark

M	Phillipp Heinrich Müller, Engraver, Augsburg (1654-1719)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1716	M											MDCCXVI

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