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Medal - Victoria Obsequies for Wellington, bronze
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1852 |
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| Technique | Struck |
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| Reverse description | A mourning Britannia is depicted seated left in the foreground, resting her head on her hand in a gesture of grief, with a lion recumbent beside her and a shield to her right. Behind her stands a large sarcophagus on a plinth inscribed with Wellington's death date and age. A curved legend arcs above, and the entire design is enclosed within a broad wreath of laurel branches. The engraver's name OTTLEY BIRM. appears in the lower exergue. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | IN MEMORY OF HIS OBSEQUIES AT ST PAUL'S NOVEM. 1852. WELLINGTON DIED SEPT. 14 1852 AGED 83 |
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