=Medal for Irun.=--For the capture of the fort and town of Irun, in Spain, on May 17th, 1836, a gold medal was issued by the Spanish Government to the officers, and among the recipients was an English surgeon, whose medal is in Dr. Payne's collection. It is 1⅟₁₆ by ¹⁹⁄₂₀ of an inch and has a plain gold border. On the obverse, encircled by two oak leaves enamelled green, tied at the base with a ribbon enamelled white, is a tower enamelled white; behind which is a sword with a gold hilt, the blade enamelled blue, and above the tower on a dark blue enamelled ribbon the word IRUN standing up in gold. The whole is enamelled champlevé. On the reverse on a plain gold ground is enamelled in blue 17 DE MAYO DE 1837, encircled by the name and rank of the recipient, STAFF SURGEON B. A. L. SPAIN, C. B. BREAREY, M.D., M.R.C.S. The ribbon from which the medal is suspended is black with red edges, symbolical of the blood spilt in capturing the fort and town, over which the black flag was waving, indicating that no quarter was being given. Staff Surgeon Brearey likewise received the Silver Cross for San Sebastian, 1836, and this also is in Dr. Payne's collection. =Silver Cross for San Sebastian, 1846.=--This is a silver Cross of four arms, 1¹⁄₂₀ in. in diameter, with plain, raised borders, with obverse and reverse the same as the medal, the words ESPAÑA AGRADECIDA being omitted on the obverse. (See facing page 336.) =Russian Medal for Hungary, 1849.=--The medal awarded to the Russian soldiers who took part in the Pacification of Hungary at the request of Austria in 1849, bears on the obverse the Russian double-headed eagle, surmounted by a crown, having a shield on its breast, encircled by a collar and badge, containing the figure of St. George and the Dragon. The eagle to the left is holding a baton in its claws, and the one to the right a globe with a cross above it. Above, the radiated Eye of Providence; encircling the whole, in Russian characters, GOD IS WITH US: HEAR, O YE PEOPLE, AND SUBMIT, FOR GOD IS WITH US. On the reverse, inscribed in Russian characters, is FOR THE PACIFICATION OF HUNGARY AND TRANSILVANIA, 1849. This is a small circular medal, 1³⁄₂₀ in. in diameter, with plain, raised double borders. It is made in silver and bronze. =For Zeal.=--An interesting silver medal 1⅒ in. in diameter was issued by the Emperor Nicholas I. It bears on the obverse the bust of the young ruler facing right and his titles in Russian characters, and on the reverse, following the line of a ribbed border, the legend FOR ZEAL in Russian, a rope-like circle makes a central shield. The medal is 1⅟₁₆ in. in diameter.