Lot Archive

Lot

№ 730

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19 June 2002

Hammer Price:
£1,600

British, Mudie’s National Medals, 1820, 39 of the set of 40 copper medals by various artists, struck by E. Thomason for J. Mudie, covering events from Lord Howe’s Victory at Ushant, 1794, to the Ionian Islands, 1817 (BHM 387, 432, 438, 476, 504, 509, 567, 595, 635, 666, 671, 673, 713, 718, 727, 730, 735, 756, 760, 761, 765, 769, 776, 777, 789, 825, 854, 859, 868, 867, 869, 871, 884, 889, 891, 892, 921, 933, 958) [39]. An extremely fine group; contained in the original double-layer gilt-tooled maroon case, rare (£500-600)

The missing medal from the set is that for the Battle of Vimiera, 1808 (BHM 637)