Object Description
272 LOUIS XIV, Institution of the Mihtary Order of Saint Louis (1693), Jean Dollin/jean Mauger
Obv. Same as no. 270
Rev. At left, king, armor behind him, awarding order to kneeling officer while two others stand at right; in background, military camp and two ships. Around, in scroll, VIRTUTIS BELLICAE PRAEMIUM; in exergue, ORDO MILIT . S . LUDOVICI | INSTITUTUS . | M . DC . XCIII .
Bronze, struck, 41 mm.
From the first Uniform Series.
Bibl.: Forrer 3, p. 622; Jacquiot, no. 288 (large version with different inscription); Jacquiot, Medailles, p. 574, pl. 114, 11; Medailles Francaises, no. 311c, p. 146; Louis XIV, p. 246.