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1759 VICTORY IN THE 7 YEARS WAR QUEBEC MEDAL.
Obv: Laureate and armoured bust of George II facing left. Rev: Centra shield with an inverted lis inscribed around garter PERFIDIA EVERSA; below, a ribbon inscribed W.PITT AUSP. GEO.11 PR.MI. Around, campaigns and their commanders : QUEBEC WOLFE MONCKn.TOWNSd. SEP.13 & 18 / CROWN POINT AMHERST AUG.4 / LAGOS BOSCAWEN AUG.19 / MINDEN FERDINAND AUG.1 / GUADALOUPE BARING.MOORE MAY.1 / NIAGARA IOHNSON IULY 25 / HAWKE QUIBERON NOV.20, MDCCLIX in exergue. Eimer. 677. About Uncirculated.
The Seven Years' War saw Britain emerge victorious on multiple fronts. A key turning point came in 1759, Britain's "Annus Mirabilis" (wonderful year). In North America, Major-General James Wolfe's triumph at Quebec secured the capital of New France
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