Live auction - fme_1100526 - ENGLAND - GEORGE III Médaille, Waterloo
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, Waterloo
Date: 1815
Metal : silver
Diameter : 35,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver WYON Thomas (1792-1817)
Weight : 29,83 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène, légèrement irisée. De l’usure sur les reliefs. Quelques rayures et coups, notamment sur la tranche. Traces de monture à 12 heures
Obverse
Obverse legend : GEORGE P. - REGENT.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de profil à gauche, signé : T. WYON. JUN..
Reverse
Reverse legend : WELLINGTON // WATERLOO / JUNE 18 / 1815.
Reverse description : Victoire ailée, assise, tenant une palme d’une main et une branche de laurier de l’autre. Signé : T. WYON F..
Commentary
Médaille non décernée. Pas de gravure sur la tranche.
Medal not awarded. No engraving on the edge.
Medal not awarded. No engraving on the edge.
Historical background
ENGLAND - GEORGE III
(1760-1820)
Georges III (1738-1820) is the grandson of Georges II and the son of Frédéric-Louis (1707-1751), Prince of Wales, and Augusta de Saxe Gotha. He succeeded Georges II in 1760. Suffering from increasingly pronounced attacks of dementia, his son Georges IV had to assume the regency from 1810..
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