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Auction: 24123 - British and World Coins and Medals featuring the Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1078

Commemorative Military Medals (7) | Battle of Culloden, AE Pinchbeck Medal, 1746, WILL: DUKE CUMBERLAND, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, on horseback riding left, sword drawn; city beyond, BORN· 15· AP· 1721 in exergue, rev. REBELLION· JUSTLY· REWARDED, battle scene, floral scroll above CULLODEN 16 AP. 1746 in exergue in two lines, 42mm, 18.71g (MI 612/277; Eimer 605), verdigris and stained, soft to the higher points, nevertheless mostly light brown surfaces, near very fine;
Admiral Vernon, Duke of Argyle and the Capture of Portobello, AE Pinchbeck Medal, 1739, THE. BRITISH. GLORY. REVIV. D. BY ADMIRAL. VERNON, larger three-quarter length figure in frock-coat, rev. HE . TOOK . PORTO . BELLO . WITH . SIX . SHIPS . ONLY ., ships entering Portobello harbour, BY . COURAGE . AND . CONDUCT . in exergue in two lines, 37mm, 15.57g (Betts 216), struck from rusted dies, good fine;
Battle of Cape St. Vincent, AE Medal, 1797, by T. Wyon Snr., EARL ST. VINCENT DEFEATED THE SPANISH FLEET, uniformed bust almost facing, rev. VALOUR REWARDED, two infant genii display an earl's coronet and British ensign above the sea, FEB 14 1797 FOUR SHIPS TAKEN OFF CAPE St. VINCENT in exergue in three lines, plain edge, 38mm, 29.13g, (Eimer 883; BHM 433; MH 1919/451), legends shallow and softly struck in parts, fingermarked to otherwise lustrous fields, extremely fine;
Battle of Waterloo, AR Medal,1815, by Brenet for Mudie's National Medal Series, ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON, head right, rev. WATERLOO JUNE XVIII MDCCCXV, two clasped hands above an inscription, a wreath around, entwined with an engraved ribbon, plain edge, 41mm, 40.27g, (Eimer 1068; BHM 871; Bramsen 1645; Mudie 35; Wellington 64), cleaned and lightly contact marked, otherwise problem free to the devices, bolder very fine;
Liverpool Seamen's Friend Society, founded 1820, AE Medal, c.1880s, by Vaughton, LIVERPOOL SEAMEN'S FRIEND SOCIETY, bust left, rev. FOR THOSE IN PERIL ON THE SEA FOUNDED 1820, ship on the waves, plain edge, 38mm, 29.54g, (Eimer -; BHM 1064; Hardy 89; Milford Haven 852), cleaned and with a resulting pinkish hue to the reverse, otherwise toned, extremely fine;
Lord Nelson's Flagship Foudroyant, AE Medal, 1897, by unknown, HORATIO. VISCOUNT NELSON, bust facing, uniformed, head three-quarters, BORN 29TH SEPTEMBER 1758 | DIED 21ST OCTOBER 1805, in exergue in two lines, rev. FOUDROYANT LORD NELSON'S FLAGSHIP | MEDAL STRUCK FROM COPPER OF VESSEL AFTER BREAKING UP, ship at anchor, without rigging, COMMENCED BUILDING 1789 LAUNCHED AT PLYMOUTH APRIL 1798 WRECKED AT BLACKPOOL JUNE 16TH 1897, in exergue in four lines, plain edge, 37mm, 28.25g (Eimer 1813; BHM 3613; MH 1919/537), some finger and contact marks but otherwise extremely fine;
Battle of Trafalgar, Centenary, AR Medal, 1905, by Spink & Son, HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON . K · B · DUKE OF BRONTE · &, uniformed bust left, rev. ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY, view of the battle, above CENTENARY | OF THE | BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR | 1905, TRAFALGAR | OCT. 21. 1805, in exergue in two lines, plain edge, 31mm, 16.67g, (BHM 3923; Hardy 110), pleasing dark toning to the peripheries and with a brilliance, extremely fine (7)

The Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals


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