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
Bridport, Admiral Hood, Lord, defeats French fleet off Port d'Orient,
534.
Bristol, surrender of, and outbreak of Civil War, 92.
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Lord, 564.
Brown, Sir Richard, 105.
Buckingham, George Villiers, Marquis of;
portrait by Passe, 66.
Burmese War, First (1824—26);
E. I. C. medal, 615.
Burmese War, Second (1852);
medal for, 595.
Busaco, clasp for: _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.
Cabal Ministers, 238.
Cabul, taking of;
medals for, 582—584.
Cadiz, action off, with Dutch ships, 526.
Campbell, Capt. Alexander, storms Toubican, 412.
Camperdown, engagement off, 537, 538.
Canada, conquest of, 501—503.
Candahar, Ghuznee and Cabul;
medal for, 582.
Canton 1857, clasp for: _see_ Chinese War, Second, medal for, 604.
Caroline, Queen of George II.;
coronation, 489.
Caroline of Brunswick, Queen of George IV.;
marriage, 532, 533.
Carteret, John, Lord, 509.
Carthagena, attempt on, 494.
Cary, Margaret, 87.
Cary, Thomas, 86.
Castor, capture of the, 526.
Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II.;
marriage, 202—207.
Central India, clasp for: _see_ Indian Mutiny medal, 601.
Charles I.;
Prince of Wales, portraits by Passe, 62, 63;
coronation, 68;
dominion of the sea, 69—71;
birth of Prince Charles, 72;
Scottish coronation, 74, 75;
return from, 76—78;
Dutch fishery regulated, 79;
declaration of Parliament, 89, 90;
battle of Edgehill, 91;
outbreak of Civil War and surrender of Bristol, 92;
death commemorated on medal of Laud, 101, 102;
memorial badges, 125—134
(rev. shield within Garter, 125, 133;
rock buffeted by winds, 127;
inscription and wreath, 131, 132);
death, 135—139
(rev. hammer and anvil, 135;
Salamander in flames, 136;
head of Medusa, 137;
inscription, 138;
hand holding crown, 139).
Charles I., Prince of Wales, James I. and Anne of Denmark;
portraits by Passe, 64.
Charles I. and Charles II.;
Dutch medallion, 189.
Charles I. and Henrietta Maria;
memorial badges, 128—130.
Charles II.;
Prince of Wales, birth, 72;
styled Prince of Wales, 80;
badges, 179, 180;
coronation at Scone, 181;
restoration expected, 182, 183;
royalist badges, 184—188;
reward for services, 191;
embarkation at Scheveningen, 192;
landing at Dover, 193;
restoration, 194—197
(rev. Gigantomachia, 194;
"Felicitas Britanniae," 195;
"Favente Deo," 196;
"Nullum numen abest," 197);
coronation, 198—201;
naval reward, 209, 210;
dominion of the sea (1665), 212;
commercial treaty with Spain (1666), 214;
British colonization, 223, 224;
Christ's Hospital, foundation of Nautical School, 227;
Christ's Hospital badge, 228;
death, 241;
touch-piece, 320.
Charles II. and Catherine;
marriage, 202—207.
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