MI559/186  Wt. 27.32  Commemorates the birth of Princess Elizabeth Caroline on the 10th of January 1741 to Frederick, Prince of Wales and his wife Augusta. Frederick was the eldest son of George II and heir to the British throne. When a boy, Frederick was separated from his parents by his grandfather, King George I, who was having serous quarrels with Frederick’s father. Frederick remained in Hanover and presided over the affairs of Hanover in the name of his grandfather. Frederick didn’t see his parents again until 1728 a year after his father became King George II. After years of being under the influence of his grandfather and used to having power, Frederick seems to have developed a strong dislike for his father, a dislike that developed in very public personal and political opposition. Princess Elizabeth died in 1759 aged 18 at Kew Palace London; She was preceded in death by her father who died in April 1751.  A very rare medal with no auction recorded in the past 20 years; in very choice condition with only a few light marks in the fields, very possibly the finest known. Ex Glendining Sale, 16 March 1989, Lot 530   nFDC