medal
- Museum number
- M.5293
- Description
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Pewter medal. (whole)
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A triumphal car filled with trophies, Victory flying overhead. (obverse)
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View of Lisbon and the shipping on the Tagus. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1808
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 41.000 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Brown 1980 states:
One of Mudie's series of National Medals (see Brown 1 p256.1057) issued in 1820. Examples of this medal are believed to have been struck in gold but no specimen has been met with. See also Brown 1 p156.636.
Bibliography: Fiala, E. 'Münzen und Medaillen der Welfischen Lande', Prague, 1915, 446; Mudie, James. 'An historical and critical account of a grand series of National Medals', London, 1820, 13.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: Battle of Vimiero and the Entry of the English Army into Lisbon, 1808
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- M.5293
- C&M catalogue number
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MB3 (Brown 1) (157) (637)
