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Award - George III Seringapatam Medal, Calcutta, silver
Location | India - British |
Year | 1808 |
Type | Award medals/Military award |
Composition | Silver |
Weight | 41.8 g |
Diameter | 45 mm |
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Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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Reference(s) | Eimer#903a |
Obverse description | British lion trampling a tiger |
Obverse lettering | أسـد الله الـغـالـب
IV MAY MDCCXCIX. (Translation: The lion of God is the conqueror) |
Obverse script | Latin, Persian |
Reverse description | Storming of Seringapatam Fort, sun at its zenith above |
Reverse lettering | (Translation: Fort of Seringapatam, the gift of God, the 4th May, 1799) |
Reverse script | Persian |
Engraver | Kolkata / Calcutta / Murshidabad, India (1757-date) |
Mintage | ND (1808) - - 2 786
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Catalog ID | 1540536750 |
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