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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Raymond Houser, post: 5519072, member: 96532&quot;]Here&#039;s another interesting coin/medal connection:&nbsp; </p><p>The <b>Battle of Dettingen</b>&nbsp; took place on 27 June 1743 during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession" rel="nofollow">War of the Austrian Succession</a> at Dettingen in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electorate_of_Mainz" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electorate_of_Mainz" rel="nofollow">Electorate of Mainz</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" rel="nofollow">Holy Roman Empire</a>. It was fought between an composed of British, Hanoverian and Austrian troops, and a French army commanded by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien-Maurice,_3rd_duc_de_Noailles" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien-Maurice,_3rd_duc_de_Noailles" rel="nofollow">duc de Noailles</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>While the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalrymple,_2nd_Earl_of_Stair" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalrymple,_2nd_Earl_of_Stair" rel="nofollow">Earl of Stair</a> exercised operational control, the Allied army was nominally commanded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" rel="nofollow">George II</a>, accompanied by his son the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_William,_Duke_of_Cumberland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_William,_Duke_of_Cumberland" rel="nofollow">Duke of Cumberland</a>. As a result, it is now best remembered as the last time a reigning British monarch led troops in combat. The British allied side won.&nbsp; Here is an interesting medal celebrating the victory.[ATTACH=full]1240338[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Handel composition celebrating the victory.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]LWGEMj70dFw[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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