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Auction 55  17 Feb 2021
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Lot 727

Estimate: 70 GBP
Price realized: 170 GBP
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Medals by Subject, Transport: Peru, Opening of the Puente Balta, Lima, silver medal, 1869, by C. E. Bryant, view of the bridge, rev. legend, etc., 37mm.; Spain, Centenary of the Battle of Puente Sanpayo, 1809-1909, unsigned, uniformed bust of Col. Pablo Morillo left, rev. view of the damaged bridge, 30mm., crown suspender, extremely fine and nearly so (2)
Ex Baldwin's vault
The Puente Balta, which remains in place, is named after President José Balta and crosses the Río Rímac.
In the Battle of Puente Sanpayo, in June 1809, Morillo defeated Marshall Ney. It was the final battle in the evacuation of Galicia by the French.
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