Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
May 2023 World CCO Auction 16-19 May 2023
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GREAT BRITAIN. The English Army on the Tagus Bronze Medal, "1811" (1820). UNCIRCULATED Details--Environmental Damage, Residue.
BHM-713; Eimer-1016. By Louis Michel Petit and Joseph Eugène Dubois. 41mm. Obverse: Sir Arthur Wellesly (later Duke of Wellington), seated facing left, in Roman attire, outside of his tent, reviewing a scroll, legend in exergue below; Reverse: Tagus River god reclining on a spilling urn; tree at left, English tents in the background, legend in exergue below. Number 17 in Mudie's National Series of Medals. Wellington ordered the construction of a line of forts to protect Lisbon against the French; these allowed the Anglo-Portuguese defenders to repulse a French offensive in late 1810 until the French retreated in March 1811. To view all items from the PHG Collection click here.
From the PHG Collection.
Estimate: $125 - $175
BHM-713; Eimer-1016. By Louis Michel Petit and Joseph Eugène Dubois. 41mm. Obverse: Sir Arthur Wellesly (later Duke of Wellington), seated facing left, in Roman attire, outside of his tent, reviewing a scroll, legend in exergue below; Reverse: Tagus River god reclining on a spilling urn; tree at left, English tents in the background, legend in exergue below. Number 17 in Mudie's National Series of Medals. Wellington ordered the construction of a line of forts to protect Lisbon against the French; these allowed the Anglo-Portuguese defenders to repulse a French offensive in late 1810 until the French retreated in March 1811. To view all items from the PHG Collection click here.
From the PHG Collection.
Estimate: $125 - $175