British Historical Medals
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Lot 1760 SESSION 6 (9.30AM WEDNESDAY 3RD APRIL) British Historical Medals
Estimate $180
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $120
LONDON HIGHLAND SOCIETY, 1801, in silvered white metal (49mm), (unlisted in WM), by Pidgeon, bust of Sir R. Abercromby facing right, obverse, Highlander seizes a French flag commemorating victory over Napoleon in Egypt, reverse, with edge inscription, (BHM 512, Bramsen 144, Eimer 932); Preliminaries for Peace of Amiens, 1801, in bronze (25mm), (similar to BHM 514); another in gilt bronze (15mm), (BHM 515); Union of Ireland and Great Britain, in bronze (20mm), (BHM 528, RR); Peace of Amiens, 1802, in white metal (39mm), by Hancock, bust of Cornwallis, obverse, Britannia seated, reverse, (BHM 539, Eimer 942). Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
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