Stock No. 3220	Bronze Jacobite medal. Birth of Prince Charles, Young Pretender
George I Jacobite bronze medal with a strong but simple design and message. 1720 by Norbert Roettier. Birth of Prince Charles, Young Pretender on 31 December, 1720 Obverse: Conjoined busts of James and Clementina looking right. James laureate, with hair long, in armour with mantle knotted on shoulder. Clementina in mantle fastened with a brooch in front. Legend: IAC . III . ET CLEM . D . G . MAG . BRIT . REG. Reverse: The female figure of Providentia, facing, holding an infant up in her right arm who is decorated with a riband and a badge. Legend: SPES BRITANNIAE. (The hope of Britain). In Exergue: CAR . WALL . PR . NATUS DIE ULT . A .1720. (Charles , Prince of Wales, born on the last day of the year 1720). See Medallic Illustrations, vol. II, p.453/61 where this medal is rated as Rare. Maker :- Norbert Roettier

Condition :-A little wrinkling on the obverse at 8 o'clock by the rim and two letters at the beginning of the legend, which occurred during the making of the medal. Otherwise, Extremely Fine throughout
Circa :- 1720
Size :- 44mm
The dies of this medal are in the British Museum. They were bought amongst others by Mathew Young from the representatives of the Roettier family and afterwards he presented them to the British Museum. According to MI, as soon as the Prince was born, he was placed on a couch and held his first levee. Cardinals, prelates and soldiers who had been in exile for a long time were present to offer their congratulations. This medal was ordered to be struck in commemoration of this event. An opposing view is given by Noel Woolf on page 81 of "The Medallic Record of the Jacobite Movement".

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