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Object Type
Museum number: M.5168
Description: Brass medal. (whole); Conjoined, draped busts of George III and Queen Charlotte right, he laureate, she bare head. (obverse); Rose, thistle and shamrock tied together with a bow. (reverse)
Producer name
Production date: 1801
Production place: Made in: British Isles
Materials
Dimensions: Diameter: 24.000 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Brown 1980 states: No specific information concerning this piece has been found, but in view of the emblems and the legend on the reverse, the attribution to the unification seems entirely likely. See also Brown 1 p128.523.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: George III, King of the United Kingdom; Named in inscription & portrayed: Charlotte, Queen of George III
Associated places: Emblem of: England; Emblem of: Scotland; Emblem of: Ireland
Associated events: Commemoration of: Union of Ireland with Great Britain, 1801
Acquisition name
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: M.5168
C&M catalogue number: MB3 (Brown 1) (129) (529)

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