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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KTO, post: 1454592, member: 37914&quot;]Thanks for sharing your wonderful medal. The solar eclipse and the French withdrawl from Barcelona occurred on May 12, 1706, so the medal would likely have been issued soon after the victory, probably within a few weeks. There was great propaganda value in the striking of commorative medals with silver medals (or sometimes gold or bejewelled medals) given by the monarch to senior leaders, military officers, Members of Parliament, et al., and bronze medals struck for somewhat wider distribution.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In some cases, multiple varieties of a medal have been issued or re-issued over a longer period of time, and that is when a good numismatic reference book is necessary to distinguish one type from another. As far as I know, there were no re-issues of your medal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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