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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.

British commemorative medal - British Victories (HCR152546)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler, George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland

Dating

1798

Obverse

GEORGIUS III · D : G · MAGN · BRIT · FR · ET HIB · REX · / C . H . KÜCHLER . FEC ., armoured and draped bust of George III left

Reverse

Britannia seated right, trophy of arms behind

British commemorative medal - British Victories (HCR152547)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler, George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland

Dating

1798

Obverse

GEORGIUS III · D : G · MAGN · BRIT · FR · ET HIB · REX · / C . H . KÜCHLER . FEC ., armoured and draped bust of George III left

Reverse

Britannia seated right, trophy of arms behind

British historical medal - Matthew Boulton, Medallic Scale (HCR152548)

Period

Modern

Person

Matthew Boulton

Dating

1798

Obverse

MATT · BOULTON ESQᵣ F · R · S · L · & ED · F · R · I · & A · S ., bust right

Reverse

in the centre head of science, around striking specifications for coin and medal production in concentric circles

British historical medal - Matthew Boulton, Medallic Scale (HCR152549)

Period

Modern

Person

Matthew Boulton

Dating

1798

Obverse

MATT · BOULTON ESQᵣ F · R · S · L · & ED · F · R · I · & A · S ., bust right

Reverse

in the centre head of science, around striking specifications for coin and medal production in concentric circles

British historical medal - Matthew Boulton, Medallic Scale (HCR152552)

Period

Modern

Person

Matthew Boulton

Dating

1798

Obverse

MATT · BOULTON ESQᵣ F · R · S · L · & ED · F · R · I · & A · S ., bust right

Reverse

in the centre head of science, around striking specifications for coin and medal production in concentric circles

Modern coin (HCR152578)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler, George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland

Mint

Soho, Birmingham (Modern)

Denom.

Farthing

Dating

1798 (early Soho)

Obverse

laureate and draped bust right

Reverse

Britannia seated left

Modern coin (HCR152579)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler, George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland

Mint

Soho, Birmingham (Modern)

Denom.

Farthing

Dating

1798 (late Soho)

Obverse

laureate and draped bust right

Reverse

Britannia seated left

Modern coin (HCR152608)

Period

Modern

Denom.

Thaler

Dating

1798

Modern coin (HCR152623)

Period

Modern

Person

George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland

Denom.

Penny

Dating

1798

Modern coin (HCR152654)

Period

Modern

Person

George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland

Denom.

Penny

Dating

1798

Modern coin (HCR152656)

Period

Modern

Person

George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland

Denom.

Penny

Dating

1798

Italian commemorative medal - Restoration of Ferdinand IV of Naples (HCR146244)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler

Dating

1799

Obverse

FERDINAN · D : G · SICILIAR · ET HIE · REX., armoured and draped bust of Ferdinand right

Reverse

PER MEZZO DELLA DIVINA PROVIDENZA DELLE / DI LUI VIRTU DELLA FEDE & ENERGIA DEL SUO POPOLO / DEL VALORE DE`SUOI ALLEATI ED IN / PARTICOLARE GL` INGLESI GLORIOSTE / RISTABILITO SUL TRONO. / LI 10. IUGLIO. 1799. / HOR . NELSON DUCA BRONTI., ship entering Bay of Naples; Fame flying above holding medallion of Nelson

British? commemorative medal - Restoration of Ferdinand IV of Naples (HCR146245)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler

Dating

1799-1805

Obverse

HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON . K · B · DUKE OF BRONTE. &c., bust of Nelson, in admiral's uniform, left

Reverse

British commemorative medal - The Seringapatam Medal (HCR146258)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler

Mint

Soho, Birmingham (Modern)

Dating

1799

Obverse

أسـد الله الـغـالـب / IV. MAY. / MDCCXCIX., the British lion overcoming the Bengal tiger (representing the Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan); date in exergue

Reverse

سرنگاپتم ۲۸ ذوالقعده ۱۲۱۳ هجری خداداد, (transcription approximate); view of the siege of Seringapatam, from the opposite bank of the river Kaveri, namely the view seen by the British forces as they massed for their final assault