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Auction: 323 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 816

Great Britain. Napoleonic. Duke of Wellington and Marshall Blücher, 1815. Medal. White Metal. 74mm. B. T. Halliday. Oval framed uniformed bust of Wellington ¾ left, angel and radiate crown above, SUCH WELLINGTON ART THOU, TRIUMPHANT FAME SHALL THRO THE WORLD IMMORTALIZE THY NAME on banner below, rev. Equestrian figure of Blücher left trampling a bespectacled general - Louis-Nicolas Davout (Davoust), castle in background; above: STRUCK BY J. PARISH. IN HONOUR OF HIS OLD FRIEND BLUCHER, on ribbon below: THE FALL OF HAMBURGH'S TYRANT, DAVOUST ELBA'S EMPEROR. Bramsen 1736, BHM 902, Eimer 1072, Wellington 58. Some minor contact marks typical of these large pieces and a few dark spots near edge. About Extremely Fine.

Sold for
$325