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DUKE OF WELLINGTON PENINSULAR 17 VICTORY MEDALS, EACH 16 MM. IN DIAMETER, AND INSCRIBED WITH THE PLACE AND DATE OF THE CAMPAIGN: Albuhera 1811; Almarez 1812; Arroyo del Molino 1811; Barossa 1811; Bidassoa 1813; Buzaco 1810; Ciudad Rodrigo 1812; Coimbra 1818; Corunna 1809; Fuente De Onor 1811; Neive 1813; Oporto 1809; Orthes 1814; Pyrenees 1813; Salamanca 1812; Toulouse 1814; and Vitoria 1813.
Each medal has the reverse side a winged figure of Victory and the inscription BY THE MERCY OF GOD.
THE MEDALS ARE CONTAINED IN A fitted original BRASS BOX, INSCRIBED ON ITS SIDE BRITISH VICTORIES, AND MEASURING 36 MM. IN HEIGHT.
THE LID OF THE BOX HAS A FINE PROFILE PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELINGTON.
THE BOTTON OF THE BOX IS INSCRIBED FIRST BATTLE PORTUGAL AUG. 17 1808 LAST BATTLE FRANCE AP. 10 1814.
THIS ITEM WAS MADE IN 1814-15, AND PRIOR TO THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
IT IS GUARANTEED TO BE AS DESCRIBED AND HAS A LOW STARTING PRICE AND NO RESERVE..
IT IS BEING SOLD BY CHRISTOPHER EIMER (0044 208 458 9933). IF IN ANY DOUBT SEE FEEDBACK.
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