The Duke of Wellington's Continental Victories |
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| Top cap: |
| Obv. |
Bust of the Duke of Wellington, bareheaded, left. |
| Legend, |
DUKE OF WELLINGTON |
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| Rev. |
MANUFACTURED / BY / THOMASON / & / JONES |
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| End cap: |
| Legend, |
FIRST / BATTLE, / PORTUGAL, / AUG . 17 . 1808 / LAST BATTLE, / FRANCE, / AP . 10 . 1814 |
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| Box medal Br. 15 published by E. Thomason. |
| The following twenty-six medals are contained in a brass
tube with an engraved inscription BRITISH VICTORIES around the tube. The
lid is inset with a medal bearing the portrait of the Duke of Wellington
on the obverse and on the reverse. MANUFACTURED / BY / E. THOMASON / BIRM.
The base of the tube is inscribed FIRST / BATTLE / PORTUGAL / AUG. 17.1808
/ LAST BATTLE / FRANCE / S.P.10.1814. |
| The medals have a common obverse of Victory flying left surmounted
by the inscription BY THE MERCY OF GOD. The reverses are inscribed as follows: |
| 1. |
AUG. 17 & 21 / ROLIERA & VIMIERA / 1808 |
(See No.636). |
Also in set |
| 2. |
MAY 12 / OPORTO / 1809 |
(See No.672). |
In set |
| 3. |
JULY 27 / TALAVERA / 1809 |
(See No.674). |
Also in set |
| 4. |
JANUARY 16 / CORUNNA / 1809 |
(See No.670). |
Also in set |
| 5. |
SEP. 27 / BUZACO / 1810 |
(See No.696). |
In set |
| 6. |
OCT. 7 / COIMBRA / 1810 |
(See No.697). |
In set |
| 7. |
MAY 3 / FUENTE / DE ONORO / 1811 |
(See No.716). |
In set |
| 8. |
MARCH 5 / BARRASA / 1811 |
(See No.715). |
In set |
| 9. |
MAY 11 / ALMEIDA / 1811 |
(See No.717). |
In set |
| 10. |
MAY 16 /ALBUHERA / 1811 |
(See No.719). |
In set |
| 11. |
OCT. 28 / ARROYO / DEL / MOLINO / 1811 |
(See No.720). |
Also in set |
| 12. |
JAN 19 / CIUDAD / RODRIGO / 1812 |
(See No.732). |
In set |
| 13. |
APRIL 6 / BADAJOS / 1812 |
(See No.733). |
In set |
| 14. |
MAY 19 / ALMARAZ / 1812 |
(See No.734). |
In set |
| 15. |
JULY 22 / SALAMANCA / 1812 |
(See No.736). |
In set |
| 16. |
AUG. 14 / MADRID / 1812 |
(See No.739). |
Also in set |
| 17. |
MAY 12 / CASTALLA / 1813 |
(See No.755). |
In set |
| 18. |
JUNE 21 / VITTORIA / 1813 |
(See No.757). |
Also in set |
| 19. |
JULY / 25.26.27.28 / PYRENEES / 1813 |
(See No.759). |
Not in set |
| 20. |
SEP. 9 / ST SEBASTIAN / 1813 |
(See No.762). |
Also in set |
| 21. |
OCT. 9/ BIDDASSOA / 1813 |
(See No.764). |
In set |
| 22. |
OCT. 31 / PAMPELUNA / 1813 |
(See No.766). |
Also in set |
| 23. |
DEC / 9.10.11.12.13. / NEIVE / 1813 |
(See No.767). |
Also in set |
| 24. |
FEB. 27 / ORTHES / 1814 |
(See No.788). |
In set |
| 25. |
APRIL 10 / TOULOUSE / 1814 |
(See No.790). |
In set |
| 26. |
JUNE 18 / WATERLOO / 1815 (inscribed within wreath) |
(See No.878). |
In set |
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| Complete box RR; individual medal N. |
| AM. |