The Battle of the Boyne
The Defeat of James II in Ireland

CNG 108, Lot: 1175. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART (ORANGE). William III & Mary. 1688-1694. AR Medal (65mm, 98.85 g, 12h). By Robert Arondeaux. Dated 1690 (in Roman numerals). GVILH. III. D. G. MAG BRI. FRAN. ET HIB. REX., laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of William right; R. A. F. on truncation of arm / ET VULNERA ET INVIA SPERNIT (both wounds and impasses he disdains), William, holding sword and reins, on horseback right charging across the River Boyne with his cavalry, pursuing the Jacobite forces in retreat; to lower left, two abandoned cannon being captured; EIICIT IACOBUM RES:/TITUIT HIBERNIAM/MDCXC (he drives out James/[and] restores Ireland/1690) . MI 716/136; Eimer 328; van Loon IV 492.1; Le Clerc I 115. EF, toned, a couple of minor marks in fields. In an ornate mount of wreath design with swivel suspension. Extremely rare.

The Battle of the Boyne (1 July 1690 O.S.) was the last battle between the forces under the personal command of the deposed James II of England and those of Dutch Prince William III and his wife, Mary II who had acceded to the crowns of England and Scotland. Taking place accross the River Boyne near the Irish town of Drogheda, the battle was a victory for William. Unable to regain the British crown, James was forced to flee to France following the battle. The symbolic importance of this battle has made it one of the best known battles in the history of the British Isles and a key element in the folklore of the Protestant fraternal organization, the Orange Order.