NETHERLANDS Proclamation Medal 1747 William IV of Orange. XF

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1747, Netherlands, William IV of Orange. Silvered Brass Proclamation Medal.

Mint Year: 1747
Mint Place: Amsterdam
References: Wurzb.9796 var.
Condition: Minor deposits, otherwise a nice XF!
Denomination: Proclamation Medal - Appointment of William IV of Orange as Stadtholder, Admiral and Captain of the 7 Provinces of the Netherlands.
Material: Brass (traces of silver-plating)
Weight: 17.74gm
Diameter: 41mm

Obverse: Draped busts of Wilhelm IV of Orange and his wife Anna of Hanover (the second child and eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain) right .
Legend: ...:.: W . C . H . F . PRINC . AVR . ET . ANNA . MAG . BRIT :...

Reverse: Seven crowned shield of the Provinces of the Netherlands, bound by a band surrounding oval shield of the Netherlands. Inscription (7 PROVINTIEN) below.
Legend: . .: STADHOULDER . ADMIRAAL & KAPITTEYN . GENERAAL . VAN : . . .:.



A stadtholder (Dutch: stadhouder), literally place holder (holding someone's place, possibly a calque of German Statthalter, French lieutenant, or Medieval Latin locum tenens), was a term for a "steward" or "lieutenant". In the Low Countries, the stadtholder was a medieval function, which during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries developed into a rare type of de facto hereditary head of state of the thus crowned republic of the Netherlands. It is comparable with the French title Lieutenant and England's 16th century Lord Lieutenant. Additionally, this position was tasked with maintaining peace and provincial order in the early Dutch Republic. The Dutch Monarchy is a cognatic descendant of the first Stadtholder of the young Republic, William of Orange. He was the leader of the successful Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Empire.



William IV (Willem Karel Hendrik Friso; 1 September 1711 – 22 October 1751) was Prince of Orange from birth and the first hereditary stadtholder of all the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1747 until his death in 1751. During his whole life, he was furthermore ruler of the Principality of Orange-Nassau within the Holy Roman Empire.

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