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Medal Kebeca Liberata [object]
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Record information Medal Kebeca Liberata [object]
Date:1690.Reference:R4952-0-8-EType of material:Objects (including medals and pins)Found in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:2834409Date(s):1690.Bilingual equivalent:Place:France:Place of creation:FranceExtent:1 medal : bronze ; 033.64 gr
Support 0.000 x mmLanguage of material:LatinScope and content:A bronze medal commemorating the resistance by the English fleet of Sir William Phipps of Massachusetts (1650 or 1-1694 or 5) during the siege of Québec in 1690 before the men of Count Louis Buade Frontenac (1622-1698).
On the obverse side, the medal bears a bust of King Louis XIV, engraved by Jean Mauger (1648-1722).
On the reverse side, the medal bears the figure of a woman symbolizing the city of Québec with fleet flags and banners bearing the arms of England behind her. Below her sits a beaver representing the residents of Canada. Further, the god of the St. Lawrence River is lying by his mountainside domain (presumably the Laurentians).Additional name(s):Additional information:General note:Source unknown. The medal was acquired before 1931.Availability of other formats note:Colour transparency availableLocation of duplicates note:LAC has ten copies of this medal. One of these copies was presented to the National Archivist Mr. W.K. Lamb by the French Ambassador in 1968.Signatures and inscriptions note:Inscription: avers: LUDOVICUS XIIII [sic]. REX CHRISTIANISS. / I. MAVGER. F., Inscription: revers: FRANCIA IN NOVO ORBE VICTRIX. / KEBECA LIBERATA / M.DC.XC., Inscription: tranche: marque BRONZE, Inscription: attache: pas d'attacheContainer note(s):C-115686 : avers
C-115685 : reversSubject heading:Source:PrivateOther accession no.:1986-079 X PIC
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nilMedals 1181[Consultation Open]Copy negative C-115685--C-115686[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1986-79-1181
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