BRITISH COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS - Baldwin's
BRITISH COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS - Baldwin's
BRITISH COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS - Baldwin's
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1679 Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (1712-1780), Governor of the Austrian Netherlands (from 1744),<br />
The Recapture of Prague, Copper Medal, 1744, unsigned (by John Kirk), armoured bust threequarters<br />
right, CHARLES PRINCE OF LORAIN, rev panorama of Prague with troops massed before it, SUBSIDIO<br />
BRITANNIAE, 42mm (MI 592/238; Doneb 4815). Extremely fine, minor stains. £80-120<br />
1680 Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (1712-1780), Governor of the Austrian Netherlands (from<br />
1744), The Recapture of Prague, Gilt-bronze Medal, 1744, by John Kirk, equestrian figure of Prince<br />
Charles to right, rev panorama of Prague with troops massed before it, SUBSIDIO BRITANNIAE,<br />
43mm (MI 592/239; Eimer 592). Extremely fine, the gilding in superb condition and rare as such. £300-350<br />
1681 1662<br />
1681 Jacobite, The Rebels Retreat to Scotland, Silver Medal, 1745, by T Pingo, armoured bust of the Duke<br />
of Cumberland right, rev lion subduing a wolf, 33mm, 13.55g (Eimer 2; Woolf 53:4; MI 607/265;<br />
Eimer 600). Good fine, toned. £120-150<br />
1682 Jacobite, William, Duke of Cumberland, The Rebels Retreat to Scotland, Copper Medal, 1745, by T Pingo,<br />
armoured bust right, rev lion overcomes a wolf, 33mm (Woolf 53:4; MI 607/265), in NGC holder graded<br />
MS64, extremely fine, first signs of die flaw on reverse; Cumberland Returns to London, Copper Medal,<br />
1746, by J Kirk, bust three-quarters left in tricorn hat, rev the Duke receives a palm branch from George II,<br />
42mm (Woolf 54:1b; MI 608/268), in NGC holder graded MS63, nearly extremely fine, usual die flaw shows<br />
on the reverse. (2) £220-280
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