BHM #777 - 1814

The Duke of Cambridge

Obv.	Uniformed bust of the Duke of Cambridge, facing.
	H.R.H. DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE

Rev.	Britannia seated feeding two Hanoverian horses.
	THE ENGLISH RE-ENTER HANOVER.
In exergue:	MDCCCXIV.

AR, AE, 41 by T. Webb and J. J. Barre.

AR R; AE N.

AM; HC; ML.

E.P.M. 1888/262; Fi. 5678 & 79; M. 31.

Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850) was the seventh son of George III. He served as a colonel and major-general in the Hanoverian army in the campaign of 1794-95 and in 1803 was appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the King's German Legions, a force in British pay. In 1814, when the French were expelled from Hanover, the Duke took command there and when that state was elevated to the status of a Kingdom by the treaty of Vienna in 1816 the Duke was appointed Viceroy. In 1818 the Duke married Princess Augusta, third daughter of Frederick of Hesse-Cassel.

One of Mudie's National Medals (see No. 1057) issued in 1820. Examples of this medal are believed to have been struck in gold but no specimen has been met with.

from British Historical Medals, Volume 1, p. 187

Bramsen - 1489 Rentrée des Anglais en Hanovre. (Webb et Barre.)
H. R. H. DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. Buste, presque de façe, en uniforme.	Rev: THE ENGLISH RE-ENTER HANOVER. Une femme assise, présentant une gerbe d'orge à deux chevaux.
	Exergue: MDCCCXIV.
Médaille, 40 mm. - T. N. 63, 8.

d'Essling - 1527 Rentrée des Anglais à Hanovre. (Barre.)
Femme ass. présentant une gerbe d'orge à deux chevaux.
(TN. 63. 9). Cuiv. argenté uniface 41 mm.

The d'Essling copy appears to have been a test strike of the reverse only. I acquired a filler copy of this medal first before getting this one. If you follow the link you'll see how much more worn the first copy was.