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Great Britain - 1814

Alexander Ier et Frédéric-Guillaume III en Angleterre

Obverse
Obverse:
Head of Britannia in Corinthian helmet, left.
Legend:
BRITANNIA
Size:
41 mm.
Reverse
Reverse:
Neptune standing on the shore before the temple of Janus with closed doors, welcoming a foreign ship.
Legend:
VISIT OF THE SOVEREIGNS OF RUSSIA AND PRUSSIA
Exergue:
JUNE VI MDCCCXIV

Mudie:

Mudie - XXX.
VISIT OF THE ALLIED SOVEREIGNS TO ENGLAND.
   ON the 6th of June 1814, the Emperor of Russia, and the King of Prussia, with his two sons and their respective suites, including many of their most distinguished generals, Marshal Blucher, General Von Yorck, General Bulow, the Hetman Platoff, Count Barclay de Tolly, &c. &c. embarked at Boulogne, on board the Impregnable, the flag ship of the Duke of Clarence, by whom they were landed the same evening at Dover. Early in the afternoon of the following day, the two Sovereigns reached London in the most private manner. The Emperor took up his residence with his sister, the Duchess of Oldenburg, at the Pulteney Hotel in Piccadilly, and the King of Prussia at Clarence House. On the 8th the former held a levee, at the apartments of the Duke of Cumberland, prepared for his reception, and which was attended by the Prince Regent, the Duke of York, and a great number of persons of distinction. The King of Prussia also held a levee which was similarly attended; and in the evening, Her Majesty held a court at her palace, for the purpose of receiving the illustrious strangers.
   On the 9th a grand court was held at Carlton House, and afterwards a chapter of the Order of the Garter, when the King of Prussia, the Earl of Liverpool, and Viscount Castlereagh, were admitted Knights of the Order. The following day the Monarchs repaired to Ascot Heath to witness the races, which were also attended by Her Majesty, the Prince Regent, and the Princesses. They afterwards partook of an entertainment provided for them by the Queen at Frogmore. To describe, however, all their movements, the places they visited, the crowds that followed their footsteps, and the general hilarity which pervaded the metropolis, would be foreign to the purpose of this work. It shall only, therefore, be further observed, that they visited Oxford, and the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, and that on the 18th they went in state to Guildhall, to partake of a magnificent entertainment prepared for them by the City of London. The grandeur of this banquet surpassed all description. On the 22nd they proceeded to Portsmouth, accompanied by His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, where, after enjoying the novel spectacle of a naval review, they embarked for the Continent. It would be impossible to describe the enthusiastic eagerness of all classes to obtain a sight of the illustrious strangers or the unbounded demonstrations of joy with which they were every where received. The Emperor Alexander, in particular, by his easy familiarity and frank condescension, was extremely popular during his short abode. The King of Prussia, habitually' reserved, and, it is said, his mind oppressed with melancholy reflections on the disasters to which his family had been exposed by the ferocious tyranny of Buonaparte, attracted much less of public attention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE MEDAL WHICH RECORD THIS EVENT.
Obverse. - Head of Britannia, classically exemplifying her power by the Helmet and the noble animal upon it.
Reverse. - The visits of the Sovereigns of Russia and Prussia to England is here told, by the arrival of the foreign ship on its shores, where Neptune holds his chief sway. The universal peace which has been just conquered by the Allies from France, is exemplified by the Temple of Janus, and its closed doors.
Scan of medal from Mudie's book...

Bramsen:

Bramsen - 1474
Alexander Ier et Frédéric-Guillaume III en Angleterre. (R. G. et Barre.)
Comme celui du No 1384.
Rev: VISIT OF THE SOVEREIGNS OF RUSSIA AND PRUSSIA. Neptune debout, à droite. A gauche, un temple fermé, portant l'inscription: TEMPLVM. JANI; à droite, la proue d'un vaisseau, décorée de l'aigle russe.
Exergue: JUNE VI MDCCCXIV
Médaille, 41 mm. - Inédite; cabinet de l'auteur.

BHM:

AR, AE, WM 41 by J. J. Barre.
AR R; AE N; WM R.
AM; BMAG; HC; ML.
M. 30.

 
   One of Mudie's series of National Medals (see No. 1057) issued in 1820. Examples of this medal occur in white metal and are probably restrikes and were not included in the series. This medal is believed to have been struck in gold but no specimen has been met with.
   The design of the temple of Janus with closed doors appears as a reverse type on some Roman coins (notably those of Nero in AD 66-68), and is indicative of the peace that prevails. See also notes to Nos. 845 and 852.
from British Historical Medals, Volume 1, p. 203

Alexander Ier et Frédéric-Guillaume III en Angleterre

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Alexander Ier et Frédéric-Guillaume III en Angleterre

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