Neerslaan van de opstand in Schotland, penning geslagen ter ere van Willem, hertog van Cumberland 1746

This small medal, created anonymously, commemorates the defeat of the Scottish Jacobite rising of 1745-46 by William, Duke of Cumberland. The medal encapsulates the complex dynamics of power, identity, and allegiance during this period of British history. On one side, we see a portrait of William, Duke of Cumberland, celebrated as a military hero. Turn the medal over, and you see a symbolic representation of Scotland, depicted as a kneeling woman submitting to the British lion. The date, 1746, marks the brutal Battle of Culloden, where the Jacobite forces were decimated, solidifying British control and suppressing Scottish nationalism. This medal, produced as propaganda, perpetuates a narrative of dominance and submission. It underscores the human cost of political conflict, the erasure of cultural identity, and the imposition of power.