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Medal - George III Peace of Paris, T. Wyon

Location United Kingdom
Year 1814
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Reference(s) BHM#829, Eimer#1055
Obverse description Bare-headed laureate bust of George, Prince of Wales and Regent, facing left in high relief, wearing classical drapery fastened at the shoulder. The legend curves around the upper field, and the engraver's signature T. WYON JUN. S. 1814 appears along the lower rim.
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Obverse lettering GEORGE PRINCE OF WALES REGENT
Reverse description Britannia seated centrally on a plinth, raising a Cap of Liberty on a pole above her head, flanked to the left by a seated female figure of Peace holding an olive branch, and to the right by a winged Victory seated atop a globe decorated with the Union flag and resting a palm frond beside it. The exergue below features heraldic symbols including a rose, shamrock, a galloping horse, and a fleur-de-lis, with the word CENTENARY below, and the legend JUBILEE IN HONOUR OF THE PEACE 1 AUG. 1814 curving around the upper field.
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