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Medal, 1763, AR, PEACE OF HUBERTSBURG, Germany, Silver Medal, Saxony Merseb-2523, Betts 446, NGC MS62, Cert# 3479067-017. PEACE OF HUBERTSBURG: Oexlein, Johann Leonard: Germany, 1763, Silver, 44.5mm, 21.8g. Obv: Germania (Peace) holding a scepter and a shaft of grain over a peaceful landscape with man plowing IAM REDIRE AUDIT (Now She Dares Return) Exergue: GERMANIA PACATA (Germany at Peace); Rv: Fame flying above Hubertsburg Castle NUNCIA PACIS (The Messenger of Peace). Exergue: D. 15. FEBR. MDCCLXIII. Signed: OXELEIN. Ref: Pax in Nummis 595; Betts 201/446; Slg. Henckel 1658; Laugwitz 182/667. The Peace of Hubertsburg (Hubertsburg) was a treaty which ended the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) between Prussia and Austria. In this war, which was a continuation of the War of Austrian Succession, France was allied with Austria, and Prussia with Great Britain. The goal of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria was to recover Silesia, which Prussia had captured from Austria during the war. However, the Peace of Hubertsburg allowed Prussia to retain Silesia, but in return it agreed to support the succession of Joseph II to the Imperial throne. The Peace of Hubertsburg, which was signed on the 15th of February 1763, as is indicated on this medal, left Germany divided between Austria and Prussia. The hostility between these two great German states powerfully influenced the whole future political development of Germany.