1 medal : silver

Obverse: Draped busts of George II and Queen Caroline vis à vis, date below. GEORGIVS . II . REX . ET . CAROLINA . REGINA. (Obverse by John Croker)

Reverse: Busts of the seven royal children, that of the Prince of Wales in the centre. FELICITAS . IMPERII Below: Inscription in exergue FREDERICVS / P : WALLIAE / GULIELMVS . D : CUMBRIAE . ANNA ./ AMELIA . CAROLINA ./ MARIA / LUDOVICA ./...
Reverse: (continued) PRINCIPES. (reverse by J. S. Tanner)

Croker and Tanner collaborated to produce this medal, intended for distribution to foreign royalty and to others in the favour of George II. It was issued in response to a medal produced in Italy in 1731 by the papal engraver Ottone Hamerani (1694–1768) depicting the two sons of James III, Charles Edward Stuart and Henry Benedict, on the occasion of Charles’s eleventh birthday. The British response was clear enough, that George II was de facto King, and that he had a thriving family, including two heirs. The obverse, by Croker, shows George II and Queen Caroline; the reverse, by Tanner, shows busts of their seven children, with Frederick, Prince of Wales, in the centre, surrounded by the heads of William, Duke of Cumberland and the Princesses Anne, Amelia, Caroline, Maria and Louise. Tanner succeeded Croker as Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint upon Croker’s death in 1741.

Text adapted from The First Georgians; Art and Monarchy 1714 - 1760, London, 2014.