Medal (reverse) commemorating the failure of the Jacobite invasion

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This is the reverse of a bronze medal made by John Croker in London. The medal is dated 1708 and commemorates the failure of the Jacobite invasion of that year.

The reverse depicts Scotia (Scotland) on her knees, imploring Britannia for help.

In 1708 an attempted Jacobite invasion of Scotland, supported by France, was unable to land. The French fleet was driven from the Firth of Forth by British Navy Ships. It was seven years before the Jacobites tried again.

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• Online ID: 000-100-102-860-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1948.144
• Date: 1708
  
• Material: Bronze
  Medal, commemorative
  
• Dimensions: 1.55" D
  
• What: Medal, commemorative
  
• Subject: Miscellaneous Medals (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: Anne
  John Croker, London (Maker)
  
• Where: England, London
  FRANCE
  Scotland, Firth of Midlothian, Edinburgh (Firth of Forth)
  
• Event:
• Description: Bronze medal on the attempted invasion of Scotland, by John Croker, London, 1708
  
• References:
  • HAWKINS (1885) II, 316, 141 
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