The English re-enter Hanover - 1814

Side 1: H.R.H. DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE
On the arm: WEBB F.

Side 2: THE ENGLISH RE-ENTER HANOVER.
In ex.: MDCCCXIV. To left: MUDIE D.; to right: BARRE F.

Bramsen 1489, BHM 777, Mudie Series 31 (1820)
Mm. 41- White metal
Engravers: Webb & J.J. Barre

Bramsen - 1489 (Webb et Barre) Rentrée des Anglais en Hanovre (Description)
H.R.H. DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. Buste, presque de façe, en uniforme.
Rev: THE ENGLISH RE-ENTER HANOVER. Une femme assise, présentant une gerbe d'orge à deux chevaux. Exergue: MDCCCXIV
Médaille, 40 mm. - T.N. 63, 8.

British Historical Medals - 777- THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE
AR, AE by T. Webb and J.J. Barre.
Obv. Uniformed bust of the Duke of Cambridge, facing. H.R.H. DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE
Rev. Britannia seated feeding two Hanoverian horses. THE ENGLISH RE-ENTER HANOVER. In exergue: MDCCCXIV
AR R; AE N.
E.P.M. 1888/262; Fi. 5678 & 79; M . 31.
AM; HC; ML.
Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850) was the seventh son of George III. He served as a colonel and major general in the Hanoverian army in the campaign of 1794-95 and in 1803 was appointed Colonel in Chief of the King's German Legions, a force in British pay. In 1814, when the French werw expelled from Hanover, the Duke took command there and when that state was elevated to the status of a Kingdom by the treaty of Vienna in 1816 the Duke was appointed Viceroy. In 1818 the Duke married Princess Augusta, third daughter of Frederick of Hesse-Cassel.
....One of Mudie's series of National Medals (see No. 1057) issued in 1820. Examples of this medal are believed to have been struck in gold but no specimen has been met with.

Mudie Series n. XXXI - The Duke of Cambridge - Description of the medal

...OBVERSE. - His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
...REVERSE. - Entry of the English into Hanover, which is here allegorized by Britannia giving succour to the Hanoverian Horses.

 

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