The Pavilion Collection, Commemorative Medals, George IV, visit to Hanover 1821, a German silver medal, by Karl Friedrich Voigt for G. Loos, laureate bust r., GEORGIVS IV DG BRITAN ET HANNOV REX FID DEF, rev. the figure of Fortune leads the King on horseback to r., he in Coronation robes, FELICEM AVGVSTI ADVENTVM, in ex. REGNVM HANNOVERVM CELEBRAT, plain edge, 39.5mm. (BHM.-; Eimer 1147; PW.215; Fiala 5224), superb mint state
*ex Morton & Eden, 11 June 2008, lot 607
The King left Ramsgate on the 25 September 1821, returning there on 8 November. The harbour was subsequently named a 'Royal Harbour'. During his trip the King, with the Duke of Wellington, also visited the battlefield of Waterloo.
(250-300 GBP)