Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 12 - Argentum 4 Nov 2017
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Commemorative Medals, British, George III, the Great Waterloo Medal, 1815, by Benedetto Pistrucci (1783-1855), made in two halves by the electrotype process and joined to make a single medal, conjoined, laureate and draped busts to l., of the Prince Regent, Francis II of Austria, Alexander I of Russia and Frederick William III of Prussia, mythological allegory around, rev. Victory guiding the equestrian figures of Wellington and Blücher, around them a border of battling giants, 129.5mm (BHM 870; Eimer 1067; Eimer Wellington 57; Stefanelli pl.18-21; Marsh pl.11-12, 49-50), nearly extremely fine, scarce
The dies of the medal were never hardened and these Victorian electrotypes are the nearest one can get to an original Waterloo Medal.
(600-800 GBP)
The dies of the medal were never hardened and these Victorian electrotypes are the nearest one can get to an original Waterloo Medal.
(600-800 GBP)