Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 43 25 Mar 2020
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The Pavilion Collection, Commemorative Medals, Queen Caroline (1768-1821), of Brunswick, Death, a pair of medals, copper and white metal, 1821, unsigned, draped bust l., wearing tiara, rev. a woman crouched on a rocky ledge buffeted by a storm, DESTROY'D BY THE STORM, MAY HER SOUL REST IN PEACE, 41mm. (BHM.1146), copper extremely fine, white metal good very fine, both rare (2)
Queen Caroline had requested in a codicil to her will that her coffin plate should read '...the Injured Queen of England', and her supporters had fixed this to the coffin in Colchester, but the Lord Chamberlain's office devised a more acceptable (to them) plate in Latin, which was only affixed after 'a disgraceful scene' to which the local militia were called. It is this plate that remains on her coffin
(70-90 GBP)
Queen Caroline had requested in a codicil to her will that her coffin plate should read '...the Injured Queen of England', and her supporters had fixed this to the coffin in Colchester, but the Lord Chamberlain's office devised a more acceptable (to them) plate in Latin, which was only affixed after 'a disgraceful scene' to which the local militia were called. It is this plate that remains on her coffin
(70-90 GBP)