Medal (reverse) of James VIII, the Old Pretender

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This is the reverse of a bronze medal of James VIII, the 'Old Pretender', issued as part of the propaganda war waged by the Jacobites and their opponents. The medal blames the Hanoverians for the financial disaster of the English South Sea Company.

Bronze medal of James VIII and III, an appeal against the House of Hanover, 1721

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• Online ID: 000-190-001-905-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.R 117
• Date: 1721
  
• Material: Bronze
  Medal, commemorative
  
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• What: Medal, commemorative
  
• Subject: Royal Medals (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: Britannia
  House of Hanover
  James VIII and III
  
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• References:
  • Hawkins (1885) II, p 454, no 63 
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