Object Description
341 MAXIMILIAN II EMMANUEL (1662-1726), Elector of Bavaria, 1679
Obv. Bust to right, in peruke and armor. Around, MAX . EMAN . D . G . V . BA & . P . S . D . C . P . R . S . RI . AR & E . L . L . ; below, GH .
Rev. Map showing campaign against the Turks and the recapture of Belgrade. Around, QUOD PETIT | OBTINET . IN VIA VIRTUTI NULLA EST VIA . . MONSTRAT ITER . ; below, PLUS ULTRA; in cartouche, ALBA GRAECA | RECEPTA . | MDCLXXXVIII | DIE 6 SEP .
Bronze, struck, 43 mm. Hole at top
Taking of Belgrade from the Turks. The medal was issued as part of the large series commemorating contemporary history by Friedrich Kleinert and his associates L. G. and C. G. Lauffer in Nuremberg. Hautsch and several other medalists, including G. W. Vestner and Werner, contributed to the series, which was published in 1742 (C. G. Lauffer, Das Laufferische Medaillen-Cabinet, Nuernberg).
Bibl.: Houston, no. 71; Forrer 3, p. 326 (notes 4 varieties).