A Guide to the Exhibition of English MedalsBritish Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
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A Guide to the Exhibition of English Medals
British Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
Medals -- Great Britain
553. Duke of Wellington, 1810. _Obv._ Head r., bare. LIEUT.
GEN. LORD VISCOUNT WELLINGTON K.B. MDCCCX. T. WYON JU^{R.} F.
_Rev._ Victory r., on mountain, holding wreath and palm; at her
side, shield, arms of St. George and Portugal impaled; at her
feet, broken French standard. T. WYON JU^Ṛ FECIT. Copper. Size
1·95. By T. Wyon, jun.
Arthur, Duke of Wellington, general and statesman, b. 1769, raised to
the peerage as Viscount 1809, created Marquis 1812, Duke 1814, d. 14
Sep. 1852. This medal was struck about the time of the battle of Busaco
and of Wellington's famous defence in the lines of Torres Vedras,
1810—11.
554. Sir John Moore, 1809. _Obv._ Head l., bare. LIEUT.
GENERAL SIR J. MOORE K.B. MILLS F. _Rev._ Soldiers defending
wounded comrade against attack of eagle with thunderbolt; in
background, prow of ship. DEATH OF SIR JOHN MOORE; in ex.,
CORUNNA. 16 JANUARY 1809. MUDIE D. COURIGUER SC. Copper. Size
1·6. By Mills and Couriguer.
Sir John Moore, general, b. 1761, served in the West Indies 1795, in
Egypt at the battle of Alexandria 21 Mar. 1801, and afterwards in the
Peninsular War 1808—9; killed at the battle of Corunna, 16 Jan. 1809.
555. Lord Hill, 1812. _Obv._ Head l., bare. LIEUT. GENERAL
LORD HILL, MILLS F. H. _Rev._ The river Tagus, over which
broken bridge; above, Victory flying r., conducting Britannia.
ALMARAZ. MAY XIX. MDCCCXII. MUDIE D. GAYRARD F. Copper. Size
1·6. By Mills and Gayrard.
Rowland, Viscount Hill, general, b. 1772, served in the Egyptian
Campaign 1801, in the Peninsular War 1809—1814, raised to the peerage
1814, commanded at Waterloo 1815, appointed Commander-in-chief 1828—42;
d. 1842. This medal records the destruction by Hill, 19 May, 1812, of
the French fortifications which covered the bridge of boats over the
Tagus at Almaraz, the only means of communication between the armies of
Soult and Marmont.
556. Sir Thomas Picton, 1812. _Obv._ Bust, three-quarters l.,
in uniform, wearing star of the Bath. LIEUT. GEN. SIR T. PICTON
K.B. _Webb._ _Rev._ General Picton l., planting English flag
on battlement. BADAJOZ. APR^Ḷ VI. MDCCCXII. MUDIE D. MILLS F.
Copper. Size 1·6. By Webb and Mills.
Sir Thomas Picton, general, b. 1758, commanded in the West Indies
1794—1797, where he was appointed Gov. of Trinidad; commanded in
Holland 1809, and in the Peninsular War, being present at the battles
of Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Vittoria, &c.; killed at Waterloo 1815.
This medal commemorates the capture of Badajoz, Picton and his division
leading the assault on the citadel.
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