elverno Posted June 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 1801 Union of Ireland with Great Britain, Great Britain. BHM 526 A medal that combined both the Union and the new century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 1801 Major General Hutchinson and the Delivery of Egypt, Great Britain. Mudie IX BHM 509 Bramsen 2161 41mm General Hutchinson replaced Abercrombie after the latter was wounded in the Battle of Alexandria. He eventually negotiated the return of the French Army in British ships. The reverse show Hutchincon and the Bey of Egypt signing a peace treaty before the evacuation of the British Army in September of 1801. James Mudie was an businessman who saw an opportunity after the wars were over in hiring out-of-work French engravers to produce a series of medals covering the wars. In all there were 40 medals in the series. Before he began he released a book with prints of the medals with a description for each. Here's a photo of this medal's print from an original copy of the book: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 1801 Paix de Lunéville, France (Great Britain). Bramsen 115 d'Essling 885 38mm J. G. Hancock, a British medallist, was active throughout this period. It was common to engrave a "J" as an "I". Bramsen indicates that both this piece and 114 were produced in Birmingham by Kempson and Kindon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 1801 Preliminaries for the Peace of Amiens, Great Britain. BHM 522 17mm brass A very common medal and usually in very good condition as this one is. And another: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 1801 Preliminaries for the Peace of Amiens, Great Britain. BHM 518 Bramsen 165 d'Essling 942 Dalton & Hamer Middlesex 1166 20mm brass As you can see there was a wide variety but they carried common themes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 1801 Visite de l'ambassadeur russe à la Monnaie, France, France. Bramsen 149 d'Essling 931 Milan 314 28mm Unlike most medal mint visit medals this one commemorated the visit of the Russian ambassador rather than royalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted July 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 1801 Paix de Lunéville Bramsen 108 Laskey XXI d'Essling 881 42mm This is one of the three variants of similar looking medals. The only difference in each is the placement of the obverse legends. This example was particularly difficult to photograpgh because of the fairly obvious lacquer job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted July 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 1801 Paix de Lunéville, France d'Essling 877 Bramsen 106 Laskey XX 54mm Link In my opinion, one of Droz' masterpieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 You have a fantastic collection. Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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