Rare medal made to commemorate one of the most important women of the times of Stanislaus August Poniatowski, who had a significant influence on the political life of the Republic, minted on the occasion of the death of Maria Amalia Mniszech, née Brühl.
Medal in GCN slab graded AU50.
Obverse: inscription in nine lines, around NON MORITUR NAM FAMA EIVS IN AEVVM FLOREBIT (She does not die, for her fame will flourish forever), below two torches turned crosswise downwards
MARIA AMALIA COMITIS DE BRÜHL NATA DX IVL MDCCXXXVI VIXIT PIETATE VIRTVTIBVS CLARA OBIIT D XXX APR MDCCLXXII CINERES TERRIS ANIMAM COELIS DONAVIT (Marya Amalia Countess Brühl born on July 10, 1736 lived a great life of piety and virtue. She died on April 30, 1772. She gave her ashes to the earth and her soul to heaven)
Reverse: inscription in six lines, around O BEATAM MVTVI FIDELISQVE AMORIS CONSTANTIAM (o blessed mutual constancy and constant love), below two shields under one crown, the coats of arms of the Mniszech and Brühl families, supported by a griffin and a lion
AD PERRENNEM MEMORIAM SINC CONIVGAL DOLORIS GEORG COM DE MNISZECH MOESTISSIMVS MABITVS HOC NVMISMA EXCVD FECIT (in eternal memory of sincere sorrow Jerzy, Count of Mniszech, the saddest husband, ordered this medal to be minted)
Silver, diameter 42 mm
