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Medal - Victoria Wellington
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1852 |
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| Period | 19th century |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features two draped military flags inscribed ASSAYE and WATERLOO flanking a funerary urn draped in mourning cloth, with an olive branch to the right and a star above. The dates of birth and death appear prominently in the field. A circumferential legend runs around the border, reading from lower left upward and continuing across the top. |
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| Reverse lettering | BOTH AS SOLDIER AND STATESMAN HE EARNED THE TITLE OF FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY BORN MAY 1,1769 DIED SEPR 14,1852 |
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