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Great Britain - 1813

The Battle of the Pyrenees - (Brenet & J . Mudie.)

Obverse:

Bare head of the Duke of Wellington, right.

Legend:

ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON

Exergue:

Brenet

Size:

40.8 mm.

Reverse:

The English lion savaging the French eagle.

Legend:

THE ENGLISH ARMY PASS THE PYRENEES

Exergue:

MDCCCXIII

Vern's Comments:

Not listed in white metal in BHM.

Mudie:

Addl research required.

Bramsen:

1285. - Passage des Pyrénées par l'armée anglaise. (Brenet et J. Mudie.)
ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON. Buste, il droite.
℞: THE ENGLISH ARMY PASS THE PYRENÉES. Un lion grimpant des rochers et tenant dans sa gueule le foudre de l'aigle français, qui se trouve sous ses ongles.
Exergue: MDCCCXIII.
Médaille, 41 mm. - Inédite; cabinet de l'auteur.

BHM:

N^o. 760 THE BATTLE OF THE PYRENEES
AR, AE 41 by N. G. A. Brenet.

AR R;AE N.
M.23
AM; HC; ML; NMW.
One of Mudies National Medals (see No. 1057) issued in 1820. Examples of this medal arc believed to have been struck in gold but no specimen has been met with. See also note to No. 759.

British Historical Medals, p. 184

The Battle of the Pyrenees - (Brenet & J . Mudie.)