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BRITISH COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS - Baldwin's

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1683 Jacobite, William, Duke of Cumberland, Battle of Culloden, Pinchbeck or Brass Medal, 1746, equestrian<br />

figure of the Duke of Cumberland to left, sword drawn, a city in the distance, rev an extensive battle<br />

scene, 42mm (MI 612/277; Woolf 55.7a; Eimer 605). Almost very fine. £60-80<br />

1684 William IV of Orange, Proclaimed Stadtholder, Gilt-silver Medal, 1747, by Nicholas van Swinderen,<br />

bust of Prince William to right, rev lion with paw resting upon a pedestal decorated with an orange<br />

tree, 38mm, integral suspension loop and ring (MI 629/317). Extremely fine. £200-300<br />

1685 William IV of Orange and Princess Anne, Birth of Prince William, Gilt-silver Medal set in a twelvepoint<br />

radiating star, 1748, by M Holtzhey, conjoined busts right, rev angel on clouds blesses the infant,<br />

42mm (MI 640/334, and note; vL suppl. 225). Nearly extremely fine, top point of star pierced for twisted<br />

suspension loop. £120-150<br />

ex Spink auction 5, 17 May 1979, lot 711<br />

ex Papillon collection, Bonhams, 25 March 1998, lot 144

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