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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Chris B, post: 8214111, member: 87179&quot;]I will limit this to some of my favorites. I have a thing for them as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441592[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDAL - 1804 BHM-567 BRONZE</p><p>Bombay Settlement</p><p>Victory over the French</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441593[/ATTACH] </p><p>Is his head too big for his body??? The reverse was the selling point to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>1801 Great Britian, British Army Arrives In Egypt</p><p>Obverse: Uniformed bust facing slightly left</p><p>Reverse: Horse right before the Great Pyramids</p><p><br /></p><p>Size: 41 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441594[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Bombardment of Algiers, copper medal, 1816, by Thomas Wyon Jr. and [reverse], Thomas Wyon Sr., for Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, laureate bust of the Prince l., wearing uniform and medals, rev. panoramic view of the action with ships firing and the city beyond, ALGIERS BOMBARDED ... CHRISTIAN SLAVERY EXTINGUISHED</p><p><br /></p><p>Diameter: 50.34mm</p><p>Weight: 67.1 g</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441595[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>George IV, Plymouth Dockyard renamed Devonport, 1824, Copper Medal, by R Ellis and J Ramsey, </p><p>Obverse: Neptune stands in sea chariot (with a central medallic bust of the King), pointing towards the dockyard and ships behind him, Fame with trumpet flies abov</p><p>Reverse: Dedication inscription in twelve lines</p><p><br /></p><p>White Metal</p><p><br /></p><p>Diameter: 54.8mm </p><p>Weight: 59.6g</p><p><br /></p><p>(BHM 1244; Eimer 1175)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441596[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>1845, British Historical Medal, BHM-2207, Eimer 1399, Bronze, 58mm, Joshua Reynolds / Art Union of London.&nbsp; NGC Slabbed &amp; Certified MS-64 Brown in oversize holder.&nbsp; NGC Census shows this example to be the highest graded.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; Bust of Sir Joshua Reynolds left, palette and brushes below, “ REYNOLDS “ behind.&nbsp; “ STOTHARD ” on truncation of bust.</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; Mythological view of the infant Hercules strangling two snakes at center, “ ART UNION OF LONDON “ above, “ 1845 “ below.&nbsp; “ STOTHARD F. “ at rim, 7:00.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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