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Auction: 4023 - English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals (incl. Railway Medals)
Lot: 566

George IV, (1820-30), James Mudie's Grand Series of National Medallions, engraved by Mills, struck by Edward Thomason in bronze, consisting of 40 medallions on original trays with original explanatory leaflet, but lacking the volume binding, 41mm each, celebrating the most important military and naval events during the reign of George III.King George III dedication, 1817Settlement of the British at Bombay and the East India Company's Victory over a French Squadron, 1804Lord Howe and the defeat of the French fleet off Ushant, 1794 Earl St Vincent and the battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797 Admiral Duncan and the battle of Camperdown, 1797Admiral Lord Nelson and the battle of Trafalgar, 1805 Admiral Sir Sidney Smith and the defence of Acre, 1799 Sir Ralph Abercromby and the arrival of the English army in Egypt, 1801 Major-General Hutchinson and the Delivery of Egypt, 1801 A Scottish soldier, 1815Presentation of Colours to Royal Military College by Queen CharlotteThe arrival of the English Army in the Peninsular, 1808 The battle of Vimiera and the entry of the English army into Lisbon, 1808The death of Sir John Moore, 1809 The passage of the Douro, 1809 The Battle of Talavera, 1809 The lines of Torres Vedras and the British army on the Tagus, 1810/11 The battle of Albuera, 1811Lt General Sir Thomas Picton and the capture of Badajoz, 1812 General Lord Hill and the battle of Almaraz, 1812The battle of Salamanca, 1812The battle of Vittoria, 1813The battle of the Pyrennes, 1813 Lord Lynedoch and the capture of St Sebastian, 1813 The surrender of Pampeluna, 1813The battle of Toulouse, 1814Peace in Europe, 1814The Prince Regent, 1816The Treaties of Paris, 1814/15Visit of the Allied Sovereigns to England, 1814The Duke of Cambridge, 1814 Flight of Napoleon from Elba, 1815 The British army in the Netherlands, 1815 The Marquis of Anglesey, 1815The battle of Waterloo, 1815The Duke of Wellington and the entry of the English army into Paris, 1815The surrender of NapoleonNapoleon at the island of St Helena, 1815Admiral, Lord Exmouth and the bombardment of Algiers, 1816The Ionian Islands, 1817(BHM 1057) Generally all the medals as issued in mint state, the following with slight imperfections, No.2 some light contact marks to high points; No.13 scratch in field; No.14 with old nicks on cheek and spot on field; No.17 with die cud on obverse; No.20 with die cud in exergue; No.24 with some abrasion to high points; No.25 some light contact marks to high points; No.26 contact marks on cheek; No.38 scuffed on high points; the trays in generally good condition though the silk underneath a little torn, the lifting ribbons a little frayed in general and cut off on holes 13 and 16; hole 34 mis-labelled as 24;the original explanatory leaflet a little torn; overall a very pleasing presentation.

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