Historical Objects / Medals

Collection of Tyler Yates

Treaty of Karlowitz

Engraver:
Robert Arondeaux
Year:
1699
Country:
Great Britain
Diameter:
49 mm
Obverse:
Emperor of Germany presents olive branch to the Sultan of Turkey.
EUROPA QUIESCAT ASIA RESPIRET
ARMISTITIA INTER CÆS . POL . RUS . VEN . ET TURC.
R. A. F.
Reverse:
Hercules repairs the globe.
NASSAVIUS BRITAN. BATAV.
CONSOLIDAVIT MDCXCIX.
Medallic illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II Vol. II #513
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The Treaty of Karlowitz was signed on 26 January 1699 in Sremski Karlovci, in modern-day Serbia, concluding the Austro-Ottoman War of 1683–97 in which the Ottoman side had been defeated at the Battle of Zenta.