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Medals & Decorations

The Ashmolean Museum has a very good collection of British historical medals, dating from the Tudor period to the present day, with particularly high concentrations for the 18th and 19th centuries. Its continental and world holdings are very diverse, with some particularly significant medals of the Italian Renaissance; Germany and the Low Countries in the Renaissance and Baroque age; the papacy; etc. The decorations are mostly British and date from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.

Swedish commemorative medal - Death of Gustaf III (HCR123839)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler, Gustav III

Dating

1792

Obverse

GUSTAVUS III · D : G · REX SCEVIAE. / C · H · KÜCHLER FEC ·, armoured bust right

Reverse

TAM MARTE QUAM MERCURIO. / NATUS D · XXIIII JAN · MDCCXXXXVI. / SUCC · D · XI FEB · MDCCLXXI . / TRUCID : D · XVI MART · MDCCXCII. / OB · D · XXIX SUP · MENS · ET AN. / HEU MALE PEREMPTUS / C · H · K . FEC, robed figure holding wreath over tomb, military trophies around

British commemorative medal - Defeat of Sultan Tippoo (HCR123840)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler

Dating

1792

Obverse

CAR · MARCILIO CORNWALLIS STRATEGUS ACERRIMUS. / C · H · KÜCHLER · FEC :, uniformed bust of Marquis Cornwallis left

Reverse

FAS SIT PARCERE HOSTI. / SULTANO TIPPOO DEVICTO / OBSIDES RECIPIT / MDCCXCII. / C · H · K · FECIT ., Cornwallis receives the sons of Sultan Tipoo as hostages

Swedish commemorative medal - Death of Gustaf III (HCR152358)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler, Gustav III

Dating

1792

Obverse

GUSTAVUS III · D : G · REX SCEVIAE. / C · H · KÜCHLER FEC ·, armoured bust right

Reverse

British commemorative medal - Defeat of Sultan Tippoo (HCR152394)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler

Dating

1792

Obverse

CAR · MARCILIO CORNWALLIS STRATEGUS ACERRIMUS. / C · H · KÜCHLER · FEC :, uniformed bust of Marquis Cornwallis left

Reverse

FAS SIT PARCERE HOSTI. / SULTANO TIPPOO DEVICTO / OBSIDES RECIPIT / MDCCXCII. / C · H · K · FECIT ., Cornwallis receives the sons of Sultan Tipoo as hostages

Swedish commemorative medal - Death of Gustaf III (HCR152516)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler, Gustav III

Dating

1792

Obverse

GUSTAVUS III · D : G · REX SCEVIAE. / C · H · KÜCHLER FEC ·, armoured bust right

Reverse

British commemorative medal - Defeat of Sultan Tippoo (HCR152518)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler

Dating

1792

Obverse

uniformed bust of Marquis Cornwallis left

Reverse

Cornwallis receives the sons of Sultan Tipoo as hostages

Modern coin (HCR152592)

Period

Modern

Denom.

5 sols

Dating

1792

Modern coin (HCR152594)

Period

Modern

Denom.

5 sols

Dating

1792

Modern coin (HCR152596)

Period

Modern

Denom.

5 sols

Dating

1792

Modern medal (HCR152603)

Period

Modern

Denom.

5 sols

Dating

1792

Modern coin (HCR152610)

Period

Modern

Denom.

2 sols

Dating

1792

Modern coin (HCR152614)

Period

Modern

Denom.

2 sols

Dating

1792

Modern coin (HCR152616)

Period

Modern

Denom.

2 sols

Dating

1792

Modern coin (HCR152617)

Period

Modern

Denom.

5 sols

Dating

1792

Modern coin (HCR152620)

Period

Modern

Denom.

2 sols

Dating

1792

Modern coin (HCR152634)

Period

Modern

Denom.

Pice

Dating

undated [1792]

French commemorative medal - Execution of Marie Antoinette (HCR123841)

Period

Modern

Dating

1793

Obverse

MARIA ANTON · AUSTR · FR · ET NAV · REGINA. / NAT · 2 NOV · 1755 · NUP · 16 MAY 1770 · COR · 11 JUN · 1775., bust left

Reverse

ALTERA VENIT VICTIMA. / XVI. OCT . / MDCCXCIII ·, Queen being driven in cart to her execution

French commemorative medal - Execution of Louis XVI (HCR123842)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler

Dating

1793

Obverse

LUD · XVI D:G · FR · ET NAV · REX · MAR · ANT · AUSTR · REG · / FATI INIQUI / C H K, jugate busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette right

Reverse

AN EST DOLOR PAR DOLORI NOSTRO ! / NATUS XXIII AUG MDCCLIV . / SUCC · X MAY MDCCLXXIV . / DECOLL · XXI JAN . / MDCCXCIII . / C · H · KUCHLER · FEC ·, King bids a tearful farewell to his family, guillotine in thronged square behind

French commemorative medal - Execution of Louis XVI (HCR123844)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler

Dating

1793

Obverse

LUD · XVI D:G · FR · ET NAV · REX · MAR · ANT · AUSTR · REG · / FATI INIQUI / C H K, jugate busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette right

Reverse

CRINEMQUE ROTANTES SANGUINEUM POPULIS ULULARUNT TRISTIA GALLI. / DROIT / DE / L'HOMME / VIVRE LIBR / XXI JANUARIUS / ANNO MDCCXCIII / P., King bids a tearful farewell to his family, guillotine in thronged square behind

British historical medal - Anti-Slavery Society medal (HCR123877)

Period

Modern

Dating

c. 1795

Obverse

AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER., kneeling Black slave raising hands in chains

Reverse

WHATSOEVER / YE WOULD THAT / MEN SHOULD DO / TO YOU, DO YE / EVEN SO TO / THEM., inscription