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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 557521, member: 39&quot;]That medal honors August II (Augustus the Strong); the text around his portrait is AUGUSTUS II D G REX POLON M DUX LIT which means &quot;Augustus II by the Grace of God King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania&quot;. Note the eagle and the knight on the horse (vytis) at the top - those can still be found in today&#039;s CoA of Poland (eagle) and Lithuania (vytis). The dates on the left (1697-1706) and the right (1709-1733) are the times when he was king of Poland.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other side I can read RESTAURATOR ORDINIS AQUILAE POLONICAE which I think refers to the Order of the White Eagle that Augustus initiated. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Eagle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Eagle" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Eagle</a>&nbsp; The long text around the edge is not in Polish but Latin; cannot read it all but it is basically a list of all the great things that Augustus did. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Would be interesting to know what the tiny text at the bottom of the &quot;portrait side&quot; says ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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