LOT 3532
Great Britain. Duke of Wellington WM Medal. 1852. Commemorative issue of Death of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. Dies by Thomas Ottley in Birmingham.
✶BRITISH VICTORIES IN PORTUGAL, SPAIN,& FRANCE✶1808 TO 1815 and DUKE OF WELLINGTON around bareheaded bust slightly to left; names and dates of victories rayed around: ROLIRA & VIMIERA AUG.17&21.1808; CORUNNA JAN.16.1808; OPORTO MAY 12.1808; TALAVERA JULY.27.1809; BUZACO SEP.27.1810; COIMBRA OCT.7.1810; BARROSA MAR.5.1811; PUENTE DE HONOR MAY.5.1811; ALMEIDA MAY.II.1811; ALBUHERA MAY.16.1811; ARROYO DEL MOLINO OCT.28.1811; GUIDAD RODRIGO JAN.19.1812; BADAJOS APRIL.6.1812; ALMARAZ MAY.19.1812; SALAMANCA JULY.22.1812; MADRID AUG.14.1812; CASTALLA MAY.12.1813; VITTORIA JUNE 21.1813; PYRENEES JULY 25.28.1813; ST SEBASTIAN SEP.9.1813; BIDDASSOA OCT.9.1813; PAMPELUNA OCT.31.1813; NEIVE DEC. 9.10.II.12.13.1813; ORTHES FEB.27.1814; TOULOUSE APRIL 10.1814; WATERLOO JUNE 18.1815 / IN MEMORY OF HIS OBSEQUIES AT ST. PAUL'S NOVEM.1852. above mourning Britannia seated to right, sarcophagus inscribed WELLINGTON DIED SEPT-R 14 1852 in three lines and AGED 83 in two lines, on plinth behind; all within wreath; OTTLEY BIRM. below. BHM 2499. Near Extremely Fine.(76gr, 64mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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France. Louis XVIII AE Medal. Dated 18 February 1803. Commemorative issue of Louis XVIII's refusal to abdicate in Warsaw in 1803. Dies by Andrieu.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
LVDOVICVS • XVIII FRANC • ET • NAV • REX, bare head to right; ANDRIEU F. on truncation; DE PUYMAURIN DIREXIT below / NEC • VIS • NEC • FALLACIA • ERIPIET •, the King repelling the Cunning and the Force; PACTIONES • ABDICANDI • REPVDIATAE VARSOVIAE • XVIII • FEBR • MDCCCIII in two lines below; ANDRIEU FECIT to right. Cf. Collignon 8. 65gr, 50mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
France. Hundred Days, Napoléon I AE Medal. Dated 26 February and March 1815 (in Roman numerals). Paris mint. Commemorative issue of Return of Napoléon I to Paris. Dies by Andrieu and Brenet. Denon, director.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Napoléon I standing to left presenting himself to the people and the army represented by a soldier and a civilian who welcome him; RETOUR DE L'EMPEREUR MARS MDCCCXV. in exergue; DENON DIR. to left, ANDRIEU F. to right / Crowned eagle flying across the sea, clutching medal in beak; XXVI. FEVRIER MDCCCXV. BREN.F. and DEN.D. in exergue. Bramsen 1591. NGC graded MS 63 BN (#6355110-003).
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
This event marked the beginning of the 'Hundred Days', the period of the War of the Seventh Coalition, and concluded with the infamous Battle of Waterloo. -
Group of Sixteen [16] Medals and Tokens. 20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. 169gr total.
Condition as shown.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

