Leopold I., Medal 1697 (struck at the beginning of the 18th century)

Category: Habsburg
Ruler/Area: Leopold I.
Denomination: Medal
Year: 1697 (struck at the beginning of the 18th century)
Weight: 25,39 g
Material: Wood
Reference: Himmelheber 290
Grade: VF
Description: By Brunner; "Peace of Rijswick"; Obv: Sleeping lion on a sheaf of wheat, rooster pecking at a sheaf of wheat, burning castles on the Rhine in the background, and the inscription "NE FIDAS SOMNO NON INCUBAT AGNUS ARISTIS" above / Rev: Three cherubs above a sleeping warrior, the inscription in two lines in exergue "PAX RESVRGENS 1697", and the circular inscription "DEFESSUS DULCEM MAVORS PETIT IPSE QVIELEM"; The Peace of Ryswick (Rijswijk), were a series of treaties signed in the Dutch city of Rijswijk between 20 September and 30 October 1697. They ended the 1688 to 1697 Nine Years' War between France and the Grand Alliance, which included the Dutch Republic and the Holy Roman Empire; Very rare!