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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 historical medal (HCR146416)

Period

Modern

British historical medal (HCR146417)

Period

Modern

British historical medal (HCR146418)

Period

Modern

British historical medal (HCR146419)

Period

Modern

British historical medal (HCR146420)

Period

Modern

British historical medal (HCR146424)

Period

Modern

British historical medal (HCR7295)

Period

Modern

Modern coin (HCR152322)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler, Alexander I

Mint

Soho, Birmingham (Modern)

Dating

undated [1804]

Obverse

armoured and draped bust right

Reverse

crowned imperial eagle, larger crown above

Modern token - Myddelton Token (HCR152338)

Period

Modern

Denom.

Halfpenny

Dating

1796

Obverse

BRITISH SETTLEMENT KENTUCKY. / 1796., standing figure of Liberty welcoming standing figure of Hope with infant genii, anchor and cornucopia in background

Reverse

PAYABLE BY P·P·P· MYDDELTON., Britannia seated left in forlorn pose, regarding a cap of Liberty on the ground