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Award - George IV Burma Medal, gold
Location | India - British |
Year | 1826 |
Type | Award medals/Military award |
Composition | Gold |
Weight | |
Diameter | 37 mm |
Thickness | |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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Period | |
Notice | Obverse: William Daniell Reverse: William Wyon |
Reference(s) | |
Obverse description | Elephant of Burma crouching in submission to the victorious British lion |
Obverse lettering | (Translation: The Elephant of Ava submits to the Lion of England, year 1826) |
Obverse script | Persian |
Reverse description | Storming of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon |
Reverse lettering | (Translation: The Standard of the victorious Army of England upon Ava) |
Reverse script | Persian |
Engraver | Kolkata / Calcutta / Murshidabad, India (1757-date) |
Mintage | 1826 - -
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Catalog ID | 2612230740 |
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