A Guide to the Exhibition of English MedalsBritish Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
History
A Guide to the Exhibition of English Medals
British Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
Medals -- Great Britain
Amsterdam, festival of coronation of William and Mary, 342.
Anne of Denmark, Queen of James I.;
coronation, 40;
death, 41;
portrait by Passe, 61.
Anne of Denmark, James I., and Prince Charles;
portraits by Passe, 64.
Anne, Queen;
marriage, 243;
accession, 418—420;
coronation, 422;
capitulation of towns on the Meuse, 423;
expedition to Vigo Bay, 425;
capitulation of Bonn, 426;
capture of Gibraltar, 428, 429;
victory of Blenheim, 430;
Queen Anne's Bounty, 435, 436;
French lines forced at Neerhespen, 438;
battle of Ramillies, 440;
victories over Louis XIV. (1706), 443;
(1710), 471;
Union of England and Scotland, 444, 445;
celebrated at Leipsic, 446;
Swedish troops withdrawn from Silesia, 449;
attempted invasion of Scotland by Elder Pretender (1708), 450—453;
victory of Oudenarde, 455;
taking of Sardinia and Minorca, 457;
capitulation of Lille, 458;
battle of Malplaquet, 464;
capitulation of Mons, 465;
and of Bethune, 467;
victory of Almenara, 469;
and of Saragoza, 470;
Peace of Utrecht, 475, 476.
Anson, Admiral Lord;
victory off Cape Finisterre, 499.
Antichristian Confederacy (1688), 282.
Arctic discoveries, medal for, 602.
Argyll, Duke of;
beheaded, 270.
Armada, Spanish;
defeat of, 21—26.
Ashantee, war in;
medal for, 606.
Assassination plot (1696), 404, 405.
Ath, capitulation of, 410.
Athlone taken, 371.
Austrian succession, war of, 495—497, 499, 500.
Ava, taking of;
E. I. C. medal, 615.
Azoff, clasp for: _see_ Crimean campaign, medal for, 597.
Badajoz, capture of, 556;
clasp for, _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.
Baden, Prince of, in London, and bombardment of Dieppe, 392.
Badges, memorial, of Charles I., 125—134.
Badges, memorial, of Charles I. and Henrietta Maria, 128—130.
Balaclava, clasp for: _see_ Crimean campaign, medal for, 597.
Baltic, service in the;
medal for, 598.
Baltimore, Cecil Lord, and his wife, 84.
Bantry Bay, expedition to, 535.
Barcelona, capitulation of, 410, 439.
Beachy Head, action off, 354, 355.
Beal, Simon, 112.
Bear overturning beehives, symbolical of James II., 330.
Becket, St. Thomas à, and Sir Thomas More;
deaths compared, 9.
Bergen, action at, 213.
Berkeley, George Earl, 254.
Bethune, capitulation of, 467.
Bishops imprisoned, 273—276;
symbolized by Pleiades, 274.
Blake, Admiral Robert;
medal presented to, 155;
portrait, 159.
Blake's victories over the Dutch, 155—158.
Blenheim, victory of, 430, 431.
Bodley, Sir Thomas, 57.
Boleyn, Anne, wife of Henry VIII., 7.
Bolles, Sir Robert, 171.
Bonn, capitulation of, 426, 427.
Bourbon, Island of, capture of;
E. I. C. medal, 613.
Boyne, battle of the, 356—358.
Brabaut, conquest of, 441.
Breda, Peace of, 217—221;
proclamation of, 222.
Brest, expedition to, 391.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account