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BRITISH COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS - Baldwin's

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(image reduced) 1710<br />

1710 George III, black Papier Maché Snuff Box, the lid set with a glazed and gilt cliché of Thomas Wyon Jr’s<br />

Indian Chief’s Medal, 1814, laureate bust right wearing Garter Collar and George over ermine cloak,<br />

box 102mm (cf Jamieson 34; BHM 844). Good very fine, dusty under the glass. £300-500<br />

1711 The Battle of Waterloo, Silvered-bronze Medal, 1815, facing busts of the Duke of Wellington and<br />

Marshal Blücher, both uniformed, rev scene of battle, 34mm (Eimer, Wellington 69; Bramsen 1646).<br />

Extremely fine and retaining much original silvering, scarce thus. £60-80<br />

1712 The Bombardment of Algiers, Admiral Lord Exmouth, Copper Medal, 1816, by L Brenet and I Gerard,<br />

large uniformed bust of Admiral Exmouth to right, rev Neptune subdues a large sea-horse, 41mm<br />

(BHM 921; Eimer 1085; Mudie 39; MH 572). Good extremely fine. £120-150<br />

1713 George IV, Map of the World, White Metal Medal, c.1820, believed to be by T Halliday for Thomason,<br />

the Eastern and Western Hemispheres to either side, Australia named as “New Holland”, 51mm.<br />

Extremely fine and scarce thus. £150-200<br />

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