Stanislas Leszczynski Medal – Duke of Lorraine and Bar – by Robert Coutre
In bronze
Weight: 246.4 g
Diameter: 71,5 mm
Biography (source: Wikipedia):
Stanislas Leszczynski, born in 1677 in Leopol in the Republic of the Two Nations (current Lviv, in Ukraine) and died on February 23, 1766 in Lunéville, is a Polish aristocrat, King of Poland from 1704 to 1709 then from 1733 to 1736 under the name of Stanislas I and Grand Duke of Lithuania within the framework of the Republic of the Two Nations, father-in-law of Louis XV (1725), Duke of Lorraine and Bar from 1737 until his death.
Obverse:
In a rubble , the circular inscription: STANISLAS LESZCZYNSKI
Frontal bust of Stanislas Leszczynski .
– 23 FEVRIER 1766 – (date of death)
REUNION DES DUCHES
DE
LORRAINE ET BAR
A LA FRANCE
Adjoining coats of arms of the Duchy of Lorraine ( a gold background and a gules band charged with three silver alerions ) and the Duchy of Bar ( azure strewn with gold crosslets and two gold bars )
Reverse:
View of the Lunéville Castle .
Inscription:
CONÇU PAR LEOPOLD 1ER-CONSTRUIT PAR BOFFRAND
“LUNEVILLE”
Coat of arms of Lunéville ( Gold with an azure band charged with three silver crescents )
Signature: COUTRE
Edge:
1983 + Cornucopia hallmark (Paris Mint) + BRONZE
