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Buy or Bid Sale 215  4 May 2021
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Lot 413

Estimate: 300 USD
Price realized: 300 USD
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Great Britain, Surrender of Napoleon, 1820, Medal, UNC; Great Britain, Surrender of Napoleon, 1820 Medal, UNC, Surrender of Napoleon Bonaparte aboard the Bellerophon "1815" (1820). Mudie's National Medals Series signed by Webb & Brenet. Bronze 36.7g, 40.7mm. BHM-884; Eimer-1078. Uniformed bust right; Reverse: The British man-of-war HMS Bellerophon left possessing a satirically large French eagle on the English flag of the ship, behind a second unveiled English sailing ship. Following Waterloo, Napoleon had plans to sail to America with his elder brother Joseph, but was blocked in the English Channel by the British ship Bellerophon. After initially trying to wait them out, he ultimately surrounded after a few days and was taken prisoner aboard the ship.
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