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Great Britain - 1815

The Duke of Wellington`s Continental Victories

Obverse
Obverse:
Bust of the Duke of Wellington, bareheaded, left.
Legend:
DUKE OF WELLINGTON
Exergue:
This is the top cap
Size:
15 mm.
Reverse
Reverse:
MANUFACTURED / BY / THOMASON / & / JONES
Exergue:
Under the cap

BHM:

British Historical Medals 888 - 1815
British Historical Medals 888 - 1815
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
Complete box RR; individual medal N.
AM.

 

Some boxes are inscribed MANUFACTURED BY E. THOMASON BIRM. others MANUFACTURED BY THOMASON & JONES. It has not been possible to ascertain what a complete set of medals comprises since some of the medals also occur without dates and there are variants in the spelling of the battles. Perhaps two separate sets were issued, one by the firm as E. Thomason and the other as Thomason & Jones.
from British Historical Medals, Volume 1, p. 215-216