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Medal - Lieutenant General Lord Hill, Battle of Almaraz
Location | United Kingdom |
Year | 1820 |
Type | Commemorative medals/Personality or portrait
medal |
Composition | Bronze |
Weight | 39.09 g |
Diameter | 40.8 mm |
Thickness | 4.1 mm |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
Edge | Plain |
Period | |
Notice | H. Hopper |
Reference(s) | BHM#727, Eimer#1024, Br#1057 |
Obverse description | Bust facing left. |
Obverse lettering | LIEUT GENERAL LORD HILL
(On base of Bust) MILLS F H |
Obverse script | Latin |
Reverse description | Minerva and Victory flying right over destroyed bridge, with cannons and cannonballs |
Reverse lettering | (In exergue) ALMARAZ MAY XIX
MDCCCXII
(To right of battle scene) MUDIE D
(To left of battle scene) GAYRARD R |
Reverse script | Latin |
Engraver | Thomason`s Manufactory, Birmingham, United Kingdom (1790-1849) |
Mintage | ND (1820) - Dated MDCCCXII but minted in 1820 -
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Catalog ID | 9562328420 |
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