Germany - Imperial: 1757 Frederick the Great Lissa and Rossbach Campaign Medal.
Obverse: left-facing Frederick II, the Great, on a warhorse, his sword drawn, a forest, military encampment and the town of Lissa behind him. Latin script:FREDERIC · DG · BORVS · REX · ET · PROTESTANTI m · DEFENSOR · LISSA · DEC · 5. Translation: Frederick, by the Grace of God, King of Prussia and defender of the Protestants
Unabridged legend: Friedrich Dei Gratia Borussorum Rex et Protestanti Defensor
Reverse: An illustration of an intense battle scene (between Prussian armyand Marie Theresa’s forces) from the Battle of Rosbach. Script: Latin: QUO · NIHIL · MAJUS · MELIUSVE ROSBACH · NOV · 5 1757Translation: Which nothing greater or better
Bronze, 48.2 mm, holed at 11 and 1 o’clock positions and fitted with ring and chain sysupensiot.
Condition: Very Fine and scarce
A 1757 Frederick the Great Lissa and Rosbach Campaign Medal.The Battle of Rosbach took place on November 5, 1757 during the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) near the village of Rosbach, in the Electorate of Saxony. Frederick II (AKA Frederick the Great), King of Prussia, defeated the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman/Austrian Empire. This battle is considered one his greatest masterpieces, due to his exploitation of rapid movement, to achieve the element of complete surprise and destroying an enemy army with negligible casualties. One month later, on December 5, 1757, at the Battle of Lissa (AKA Leuthen), Frederick II used manoeuvre and terrain to decisively defeat a much bigger Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, thus ensuring Prussian control of Silesia during the Seven Years’ War.
