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Medal - George III Battle of Vitoria, white metal
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1820 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing uniformed bust of the Duke of Wellington in high relief, wearing a military coat with ornate epaulette and decorative collar. The surrounding legend reads ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON, with the engraver's signature MILLS F. inscribed at the base of the truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON |
| Reverse description | A helmeted figure of Bellona, goddess of war, standing in a two-wheeled biga drawn by two rearing horses to the left, raising a laurel branch in her right hand amid lightning bolts. In the lower left field, a cannon and overturned equipment bearing a Napoleonic 'N' symbol lie trampled beneath the horses. The legend BATTLE OF VITTORIA / 1813. appears in the exergue. Engravers' signatures L. LEFEVRE and J. MUDIE D. are visible in the field. |
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