medal
- Museum number
- BNK,EngM.785
- Description
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Gold medal. (whole)
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Bare head of the Duke of Wellington, right. (obverse)
- Production date
- 1815
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 8.000 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Brown 1980 states:
This medal was prepared for Mr West, a silversmith of Skinner's Row, Dublin. See also note to Brown 1 p208.870.
Bibliography: Frazer, W. The Medallists of Ireland and their work. Extracts from the 'Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland'. Vol. XVII/462.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: Battle of Waterloo, 1815
- Acquisition date
- 1877
- Acquisition notes
- The Bank of England loaned their Collection to the British Museum in 1865 wishing to make it accessible to the general public. This remained as a separate Collection until 1877 when the Bank Directors decided it would be more useful to the museum and the public if incorporated into the national collection. The Bank of England collection was therefore presented to the British Museum in 1877, any duplicates being sold to create a coins and medals purchase fund.
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- BNK,EngM.785
- C&M catalogue number
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MB3 (Brown 1) (213) (877)