Medalet - Old England `Britain`s Hope`

€313,835.00
LocationUnited Kingdom
Year1850
TypeCommemorative medals/Personality or portrait medal
CompositionPewter
Weight5.12 g
Diameter27 mm
Thickness2 mm
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
Orientation
EdgePlain
Period
Notice
Reference(s) BHM#2383, W&E#603A1
Obverse descriptionThree Master sailing ship with inscription. Blank exergue
Obverse lettering`THE WOODEN WALLS OF OLD ENGLAND`
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionPortrait of a young sailor standing on rocky foreshore with sea behind. Left hand raised and resting on blade of an anchor, and inscription above. Lettering in exergue
Reverse letteringBRITAIN`S HOPE THE PRINCE OF WALES A & M
Reverse scriptLatin
EngraverAllen and Moore, Birmingham, United Kingdom (1844-1855)
MintageND (1850)  - -
Catalog ID6756009000
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