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Live auction - fme_926252 - ENGLAND - GEORGE III Médaille, Waterloo

ENGLAND - GEORGE III Médaille, Waterloo AU
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Estimate : 400 €
Price : 1 350 €
Maximum bid : 1 355 €
End of the sale : 24 September 2024 18:45:37
bidders : 6 bidders
Type : Médaille, Waterloo
Date: 1815
Metal : silver
Diameter : 41 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver WYON Thomas (1792-1817)
Weight : 31,48 g.
Edge : gravée : CAPTAIN W. H. HUMPHREYS, ROYAL ARTILLERY DRIVER
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Jolie patine grise hétérogène, sombre et légèrement irisée dans les champs. Petite usure sur certains reliefs

Obverse


Obverse legend : GEORGE P. - REGENT.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de profil à gauche, signé : T. WYON. JUN..

Reverse


Reverse legend : WELLINGTON // WATERLOO / JUNE 18 / 1815.
Reverse description : Victoire ailée, assise, tenant une palme d’une main et une branche de laurier de l’autre. Signé : T. WYON F..

Commentary


Diamètre sans bélière : 35,5 mm.
Médaille, conservée dans un écrin en cuir vert et feutrine violette, ayant été décernée au Capitaine W. H. Humphreys, conducteur de l’artillerie royale.

Historical background


ENGLAND - GEORGE III

(1760-1820)

Georges III (1738-1820) is the grandson of Georges II and the son of Frédéric-Louis (1707-1751), Prince of Wales, and Augusta de Saxe Gotha. He succeeded Georges II in 1760. Suffering from increasingly pronounced attacks of dementia, his son Georges IV had to assume the regency from 1810..

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