Possibly a medal or token celebrating a victory of over the Russians? Russia and Austria were allies against the Turks. Bone
The text says: THE RUSSIANS DEFEATED BY THE VALIANT KING OF PRUSSIA Then there is a date which is hard to read ... If that is AUG 25, 1758, it would refer to a battle in the Seven Years War (1756-63) where the Prussian army, near Zorndorf, fought against the Russian one. The piece could be British since the Prussian and the British were allies then. But note the words "if" and "could" ... Christian
lol - You know, I found the token to be extremely ironic. This is an example of a kopek coin minted before 1730. Or another example is here: The keypoint is how the St. George slaying the dragon theme is used. On the obverse, you get to see George managed to slay the dragon, but on the reverse, you get to see a bunch of "him" running away. Well my best bet of why this token is in English is most likely due to that a Britsh company minted it to commemorate this event. It is quite unlikely a token minted by other countries as the usual circumstances is that the text would usually denote the origins. I guess this could be part of the British humor that they love to use - afterall, there weren't too many countries like the British who at that time were leading the world's minting technology. Very interesting token indeed.
