Medal - Lord Hill Battle of Almaraz; bronze
Features
| Location |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | James Mudie |
| King |
George III (1760-1820)
|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Year | 1820 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 39.09 g |
| Diameter | 40.8 mm |
| Thickness | 4.1 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 389897 |
| References | BHM# 727 Laurence Brown. British Historical Medals. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (3 volumes). Christopher Eimer. British Commemorative Medals and their Values. London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). Ludwig Bramsen. Medaillier Napoleon le Grand. Picard, Paris, France (3 volumes).Sammlung Julius; 1958. Krieg und Frieden auf der Medaille und in der Gedenkmünze = War and Peace on the Medal and Commemorative Coin. Münzhandlung R. Gaettens, Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. |
Commemorative issue
Peninsular War
Series: Mudie's National Medals
Obverse
Head of Lord Hill facing left.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LIEUT. GENERAL LORD HILL
H
MILLS F
Engraver: H. Hopper
Designer: George Mills
Reverse
Minerva and Victory flying right over destroyed bridge, with cannons and cannonballs
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ALMARAZ MAY XIX
MDCCCXII.
GAYRARD F MUDIE D
Engraver: Paul Joseph Raymond Gayrard
Edge
Plain
Mint
Thomason's Manufactory, Birmingham, United Kingdom (1790-1849)Comments
This medal is the twentieth in James Mudie's series of forty 'National Medals' struck in 1820 to commemorate British victories in George III's reign. They commemorate the events of the Napoleonic period, from a British perspective.
The medals were sold individually or in sets contained within a leather bound case in the form of a book.
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