William, Duke of Cumberland - Medal 1745, Rebels retreat to Scotland

Country **Exonumia** (Medals - England)
Type:  Jacobite Token
Year: 1745
Composition: Bronze
Grade: G/VG (broken, missing part)
Weight: 10.7 g
Diameter: 34.5 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓

Obverse:
Laureate bust to left, legend around. 

Lettering:
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WILLIAM DUKE OF CUMBERLAND.

Engraver: Pinchbeck

Reverse:
The retreating army, legend and date around.

Lettering:
THE PRETENDERS LAST SHIFT OR THE REBELS RACE FOR LIFE : 1745 .  

Edge:
Smooth

Comments:                                    
Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, KG, KB, FRS (15 April 1721 – 31 October 1765), was the third and youngest son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland and his wife, Caroline of Ansbach. He was Duke of Cumberland from 1726. He is best remembered for his role in putting down the Jacobite Rising at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, which made him immensely popular throughout parts of Britain. He is often referred to by the nickname given to him by his Tory opponents: 'Butcher' Cumberland. Despite his triumph at Culloden, he had a largely unsuccessful military career. Between 1748 and 1755 he attempted to enact a series of army reforms that were resisted by the opposition and by the army itself.[5] Following the Convention of Klosterzeven in 1757, he never again held active military command and switched his attentions to politics and horse racing.

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Reference : MI 606/263; Woolf 53.6

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Collection : Exonumia