The Pavilion Collection, Commemorative Medals, George, Prince of Wales, marriage to Caroline of Brunswick (1768-1821), copper medal, 1795, by C. H. Küchler, conjoined busts of the Prince of Wales and Princess Caroline r., he wearing Garter George on sash, she a plumed tiara, GEORG WALL PRINC ET CAROLIN BRUNS PR, rev. winged Hymen stands with torch supporting two shields, a distant panorama of London, JUNXIT HYMEN TAEDIS ILLUSTRIBUS AMBOS, in ex. NUPTIAE REGIAE LOND MDCCXCVII, 48mm. (BHM.392; Eimer 865; Pollard 9), choice, virtually mint state
Bt Baldwin, 2 June 2016 (by part exchange).
Küchler's placing the date 1797 for 1795 on the medal is a curious and unexplained error.
(200-250 GBP)