Passage des Pyrénées par l'armée anglaise - 1813

Side 1: ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
Below: Signature of Brenet and MUDIE D.

Side 2: THE ENGLISH ARMY PASS THE PYRENÉES. In ex.: MDCCCXIII / J. MUDIE
Bramsen 1285, British Historical Medals 760 - Mudie Series 23 (1820), Julius 2721-2722
Mm. 41 - White metal
Engravers: Brenet & J. Mudie

Bramsen 1285 -(Brenet et J. Mudie) Passage des Pyrénées par l'armée anglaise (Description)
ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON. Buste, à droite.
Rev: THE ENGLISH ARMY PASS THE PYRENÉES. Un lion grimpant des rochers et tenant dans sa gueule le foudre de l'aigle français, qui se trouve sous ses ongles. Exergue: MDCCCXIII
Médaille, 41 mm. - Inédite; cabinet de l'auteur

Mudie Series n. XXIII - Battle of the Pyrenees - Description of the medal

...OBVERSE. - Head of the Duke of Wellington
...REVERSE. - An allegorical representation of the British driving the French across the Pyrenees into France. The French Eagle is retreating before the British Lion, who had dispossessed the former of the fulmen, or power possessed on the South side of the Pyrenean mountains. Round the face of the Medal is this legend - "THE ENGLISH ARMY PASS THE PYRENEES." On the exergue, "1813."

 

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