The most beautiful BENE MERENTIBUS medal art we have offered so far.
Mint, cabinet art, with a medal mirror background, which resulted in a PL - Proof Like note.
This is one of the first, or more precisely the second, Polish decoration. Established by Augustus III and awarded on the king's name day (August 3) starting in 1738, it is an award medal, given for meritorious service to the welfare of the country, as proclaimed by the inscription on the reverse "DE REGE ET REPUBLICA BENE MERERENTIBUS" ("to those well deserving the King and the Republic").
The present piece falling in the year 1752.
Minted annually (with the current year of award) on the feast day of the Order of the White Eagle.
Late, slender portrait of the king in scaled armor, with a cloak imposed over it, by Wermuth (signed WERMUTH.F. below the portrait).
Silver, diameter 53 mm.Obverse: Bust of the king with the Order of the Golden Fleece to the right, in the rim legend:
AUGUSTUS III D G REX POLONIARUM, signature on the base of the bust.
Reverse: table with Order of the White Eagle, above it legend:
DE REGE ET REPUBLICA BENE MERENTIBUS, in the segment the date MDCCLII / 3 AUG.
