Medal - French Occupation of the Town of Clausthal

Features

Location	Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover (German States)
Duke	George III (Georg III) (1760-1820)
Type	Advertising medallions › Satirical medals
Year	1761
Composition	Silver
Weight	20.6 g
Diameter	58 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 566122
References	Müseler# 10.6.4/3 Karl Müseler; 1983. Bergbaugepräge. Preussag Aktiengesellschaft, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany (2 volumes).

Obverse

Marshal Vaubecourt standing with marshal's baton and scales

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PONDERE VALET HONESTUM
IUS HONESTI IUS BELLI

Reverse

Hercynia with shield under a tree and thunderstorm in front of a Harz mining landscape

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SUPERNAS AVERTIT IRAS
RECTO MODESTO DUCI
VAUBECOURT
CIV CLAUSTHAL
1761

Mint

Clausthal, modern-day Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

Comments

During the Seven Years' War, the French Marshal Vaubecourt occupied the town of Clausthal and extorted a war tax of 122,000 marks (equivalent to approximately 28 tons of silver).

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1761

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