Venice - Matthias Johan Schulenburg (1661-1747...

Venice - Matthias Johan Schulenburg (1661-1747) 1716 medal minted in Nuremberg to commemorate the defense of Corfú Matthias Johann Schulenburg, German Field Marshal in the service of Venice, in memory of the tribute consisting of the erection in his lifetime of the Corfú Monument, opus Georg Wilhelm Vestner - D/ SEMPER HONOS NOMENQVE TVVM LAVDESQVE MANEBVNT, statue of Count von der Schulenburg in the port of Corfú R/ MATHIAE / COMITI SCHVLEMBVRGIO / SVMO TERRESTRIVM COPIAR / PRAEFECTO / CHRISTIANAE REIP / IN CORCYRAE OBSIDIONE / LABORANTIS / FORTISS / ASSERTORI / ADHVC VIVENTI / SENATVS / ANNO / MDCCXVI / DIE XII M SEPT, within ogival wreath of floral chalices tied by ribbons on all four sides - Voltoline 1390 Ae 39.15 g 48.9 mm RR - Strips at rim.