• Medal with the equestrian statue of Jan III Sobieski and a personification of Polonia with sword and shield
  • Medal with the equestrian statue of Jan III Sobieski and a personification of Polonia with sword and shield
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Medal with the equestrian statue of Jan III Sobieski and a personification of Polonia with sword and shield

Date
1789
Object type
medal
Technique
die struck
Material
silver
Dimensions
ø 51 mm cm
Location
The Palace on the Isle - Bedchamber, 1st floor
Marks and inscriptions
Inscriptions on the medal: PRISCA VIRTUTE FELIX ([Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth] Abundant in Ancient Virtue) CONCORD[IA] COMIT[IORUM] CONVOC[ATORUM] MDCCLXXXVIII (By the consent of the Sejm assembled in 1788) PRISCA MARTE TUTA (Secure by Its Own Arms) AUCTO EXERCITU MDCCLXXXIX (Following the Expansion of the Army in 1789)
Place of Origin
Berlin (Germany)
Owner
The Royal Łazienki
Acquisition name
l'acquisition
Museum number
ŁKr.OON 165
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The medal was part of Prussia’s propaganda campaign during the Great Sejm, when Prussia posed as an ally of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The depiction of the monument to Jan III Sobieski and the commemoration of the Sejm’s resolution to expand the army to 100,000 soldiers were intended to stir anti-Russian sentiment among parliamentarians and the Warsaw public. The gold medal was presented to the king; silver ones to the Sejm marshals; bronze ones were distributed widely across the capital.