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
Louis XV.;
battle of Fontenoy, 497.
Louisa of Stolberg, wife of Younger Pretender, 317.
Louisa, Princess, and Elder Pretender, 299, 305.
Louisburg, taking of, 501.
Low Countries, victories of the Allies in (1706), 442.
Lucknow, clasp for: _see_ Indian Mutiny medal, 601.
Lucknow, defence of, clasp for: _see_ Indian Mutiny medal, 601.
Lucknow, relief of, clasp for: _see_ Indian Mutiny medal, 601.
Lynedoch, Thomas Graham, Lord, captures St. Sebastian, 557.
Madrid, entry of Wellington into, 547, 548.
Maida, battle of, medal for, 574.
Malaga, naval engagement off, 434.
Malplaquet, battle of, 464.
Manchester, Earl of: _see_ Kimbolton, Lord.
Marlborough, Duke of, 431, 432.
Marlborough and Eugene, as Castor and Pollux, 454;
victories in Low Countries (1710), 468.
Martin, Richard, and Dorcas Eglestone, 35.
Martinay, 122.
Mary, condition of England, 15.
Mary and Philip, portraits by Trezzo, 16—18.
Mary, Queen of Scots, portrait by Primavera, 27.
Mary d'Este and James II., 242;
accession, 258, 259;
coronation, 261, 264, 265.
Mary II.;
regent (1690), 352, 353;
(1691), 363;
action off Beachy Head, 354;
death, 396—399.
Mary II. and William III. of Orange;
marriage, 231;
destruction of Roman Catholic chapels, 329;
coronation, 332—337, 340—342, 344—345;
peace restored to Britain, 343;
regency, 354, 363;
battle of Aghrim, 369;
taking of Athlone, Galway, and Sligo, 371;
taking of Limerick, 372;
pacification of Ireland, 375;
battle of La Hogue, 379, 380.
Maurice, Prince of Orange, Knight of the Garter, 52, 53.
Mauritius, Island of, capture, E. I. C. medal, 613.
Medusa's head, 137.
Medway, ships burnt in, 217.
Meeanee and Hyderabad, medal for, 588.
Mercator, Michael, 11, 12.
Meuse, capitulation of towns on the, 423.
Military and naval medals, 568—617.
Military or naval reward, defeat of Monmouth and Argyll, 271.
Military service medal (1793, 1814), 592.
Minden, battle of, 506, 507.
Minorca, taking of, 457.
Monk, George: _see_ Albemarle, Duke of.
Monmouth, James Duke of;
rebellion, 266;
defeat, 267;
beheaded, 268, 269;
and Argyll executed, 270.
Monmouth, James Duke of, and William III.;
fortunes compared, 346.
Mons, capitulation of, 465.
Moodkee, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, and Sobraon;
medal for, 590.
Moore, Sir John;
death, 554.
More, Sir Thomas;
death, 8, 9.
Mudie's series of historical medals, 545—547, 551, 554—557.
Mutiny in India, modal for;
_see_ Indian Mutiny medal, 601.
Mysore War, E. I. C. medals for, 609.
Namur, taken by French, 385;
retaken by William III., 401—403.
Naval action (11—14 June 1666), 215;
with the Dutch (1673), 229.
Naval and military medals, 568—617.
Naval or military reward, defeat of Monmouth and Argyll, 271.
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