elverno Posted August 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 1809 King George III Enters the Fiftieth Year of His Reign, Great Britain BHM 648 25mm Link When examining the new pictures it appears that the obverse is struck over another medal. It is very faint but there are traces of the underlying piece near the very center. 25mm Link This is a silvered brass example, unlisted in the references. A variant showing how Kettle would mule together different dies: BHM 646 25mmLink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 1809 King George III Enters the Fiftieth Year of His Reign, Great Britain BHM 654 45mm Link This is by the artist Westwood and though it might not be immediately obvious 'ol George is wearing a lion's head on his right shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 1809 Visite du Roi de Saxe a la Monnaie des Médailles, France Laskey CVIII Edwards 489 Bramsen 883 d'Essling 1259 40mm Link Visitation medals were a way to honor royal visitors to the mint. The King of Saxony, who was also the Grand Duke of Warsaw, visited in December of 1809. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 1809 King George III Enters the Fiftieth Year of His Reign, France BHM 653 d'Essling 1265 43mm Link In my experience the most common of British medals for 1809. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 1809 Prise de Raab, France Laskey CI Bramsen 854 d'Essling 1239 41mm Link After getting thumped at Aspern-Essling through lack of planning Napoleon sat down and prepared to destroy the Austrians. To that end he sent Eugene Beauharnois, his step-son and Viceroy of Italy to the south with his Italian army to prevent the Archduke John from joining his troops to those of Archduke Charles. The Italians and Austrians fought at the Raab with the Italians winning, forcing John away. He was unable to join Charles in time to help at Wagram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 1809 Death of Sir John Moore, Great Britain BHM 665 Bramsen 836 d'Essling 1229 40mm Link Another medal commemorating the death of the general at the battle of Corunna. This one was engraved by P. Wyon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 1809 King George III Enters the Fiftieth Year of His Reign, Great Britain BHM 652 45mm Link Another piece by P. Wyon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 1809 Colonel Wardle BHM 667 53mm Link The King's sons were not the sharpest pencils in his pocket. The Prince of Wales was more interested in his clothing than in ruling and the Duke of York, though more than competent in running the administration of the Army, was not one to bother with every detail. One detail that slipped his notice was that his mistress was running a little side business where she was influencing the sale of commissions of officers. Unlike the French army, where merit counted more than family connections, the British Army of the time sold its commissions; they were quite expensive and that expense was justified in that it reserved command to the aristocracy. Colonel Wardle, an MP, stood up in Parliment and exposed this little scandal. Not that the commissions were sold, the fact that the mistress was getting rich doing it! It ultimately forced the Duke to resign. Many years later he was once again put in charge of the Army. After all they did have to give him a job... And a different one: BHM 668 40mm Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted October 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 1809 Banque de France, France Bramsen 918 d'Essling 1268 68mm Link There were two varieties of this large medal issued; this is the variety without legends on the reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted October 29, 2006 Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 1809 Grande loge de Herodom en France, FranceBramsen 933 Marvin CCXL d'Essling 2137 Edwards 522 35mm Link This is an R4 Masonic medal that once was in the collection of Prince Victor Napoleon. The engraver's name was Jaley who did a number of masonic pieces as well as non-masonic for the Paris mint. This medal contains several references to modern masonry's origin in Scotland, at least from the French perspective. For this reason we see the oddity of a French medal with the partial legend IN THE LORD WE PUT OUR TRUST on the reverse. You mention the reverse legend, but do you know if that has any particular relevance to Scotland? I'm not 100% on that. Although the legend is in English, it doesn't have any obvious ring of `scottishness' to it. It does however remind me of the latin legends found typically on gold ducats of Austria 1745-65. the obverse however is definitely more `Scottish' than many scottish coins and medals! It has the lion rampant in a cartouche of thistles. Of course, the lion is also the emblem of Lyon. This jeton / medal however seems to sport more thistles than your average unploughed field in Jockland! AND it has the motto of Scotland `Nemo Me Impune Lacesset'. That is, `None provoke me with impunity' (or words to that effect). I am left to wonder if old Jock Thompson (the Scottish predecessor of `Kilroy') might have paid an earlier visit and subsequently left behind a generation of CU Jimmies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted October 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 My understanding of French Masonry is that it was founded by Scot immigrants (or exiles depending on your view). So many of the earliest French lodges reference being somehow related to the Scottish Mother Lodge. Many of the members were either first or second generation Scot origin but the majority of the lodges were filled with French members. So it's probably not surprising that the medals were pseudo Scot. Jaley, the engraver, was French through and through. I've always thought it odd/interesting that this connection persisted throughout the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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