Historical and Commemorative
Medals
Collection of Benjamin Weiss
ARRIVAL OF WILLIAM, PRINCE OF ORANGE & PRINCESS ANNE AT LEEUWARDEN HOLTZHEY, Martin: The Netherlands, 1734, Silver, 29 mm William, Prince of Orange, (The Stadtholder, William IV)
was elected a Knight of the Garter in 1733 and was invested at the Hague. He
married Princess Anne, the eldest daughter of George II, in March, 1734,
after the marriage had to be postponed for several months because the Prince
was attacked with pleurisy. The Prince and Princess of Orange sailed from
England on the 25th of April and landed at Rotterdam on the 27th. The next
day they proceeded to Leeuwarden, the event depicted on this medal. |
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