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Great Britain - 1813

The Battle of the Pyrenees

Obverse:

Victory flying left.

Legend:

BY THE MERCY OF GOD

Size:

15.7 mm.

Reverse:

JULY / 25.26.27.28 / PYRENEES / 1813

d'Essling:

1545 - Campagne d'Espagne 1809-1814.
BY THE MERCY OF GOD. Ange volant à g.
℞ Légende
Laiton 16 mm.
(1809, Aporto, Talavera, Vimiera, Corunna; 1810, Coimbra, Buzaco; 1811, Almeida, Saint Sébastien, Arroyo del Molino, Fuente de Onor, Ciudad Rodrico, Barrosa, Albuhera; 1812, Madrid, Salamanque, Badajos, Almaraz: 1813, Bidassoa, Pyrénées, Neive, Castalla, Vittoria, Pampelune: 1814, Orthes, Toulouse.)

BHM:

Br. 15 published by E. Thomason.
Br. N
AM.

The series of engagements which occupied the French and Allied armies during July and August 1813 were fought over considerable distances and in some of the most difficult campaigning country in the world. As a result, the Allied generals had more independence of command than hitherto and their actions sometimes exhibited a lack of inspiration. Some of them missed opportunities that would probably not have been missed if Wellington had been on the spot. During these campaigns the contending forces amounted to approximately 80,000 Allied troops and over 88,000 French.

One of a set of medals issued in 1815 (see No. 888).

from British Historical Medals, Volume 1, p. 183

The Battle of the Pyrenees