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Auction 46 22 Jul 2021
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World Medals, India, Richard Colley, Marquis Wellesley (1760-1842), the Capture of Seringapatam (Srirangapatna), copper medal, 1799 (struck c. 1820), by G. Mills and N. G. A. Brenet, for Mudie, bare head l., rev. two soldiers, one with standard, one sword raised, stand over fallen Indian soldier, SERINGAPATAM, 41mm. (Pudd 799.1; BHM 478; Eimer 904), extremely fine
Behind the action on the medal's reverse is a throne on a raised dais perhaps signifying that the Indian soldier might indeed be Sultan Tipoo who was killed in the action. The medal is believed to have been commissioned for Mudie's set of National Medals, but was not included. Wellesley was the elder brother of the Duke of Wellington and was Governor-General of India (1798-1805). He was later Foreign Secretary and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
(100-140 GBP)
Behind the action on the medal's reverse is a throne on a raised dais perhaps signifying that the Indian soldier might indeed be Sultan Tipoo who was killed in the action. The medal is believed to have been commissioned for Mudie's set of National Medals, but was not included. Wellesley was the elder brother of the Duke of Wellington and was Governor-General of India (1798-1805). He was later Foreign Secretary and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
(100-140 GBP)