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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8214155, member: 110350&quot;]You like medals in the 1820 James Mudie series of medals of British Victories in the Napoleonic Wars, I see! Very nice. Here are the handful that I still have, although I sold most years ago. (I once had more than 30 of the 40, although only one in silver, which I still have -- see below.) For most of them, I&#039;ve only bothered photographing the reverses, since the obverses are generally uninteresting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mudie 7, Defense of Acre:</p><p><br /></p><p>Great Britain, Siege of Acre, 1799 (Struck 1820). Obv. Bust l., uniformed, ADMIRAL SIR S. SMITH/ Rev. British Lion, within a rocky pass, protects Syrian camel from menacing French tiger. In exergue: ACRE DEFENDED. BUONAPARTE REPULSED SYRIA SAVED. XX MAY MDCCLXXXXIX. AE 41 mm. By G. Mills/ N.G.A. Brenet. Mudie 7, Eimer 906, BHM 476.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441616[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Mudie 8, Arrival of English Army in Egypt:</p><p><br /></p><p>Great Britain, Arrival of English Army in Egypt, 1801 (Struck 1820). Obv. Bust facing, uniformed, LIEUT: GENL.: SIR R: ABERCROMBY. Rev. Horse standing, r.; beyond, three pyramids. ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH ARMY IN EGYPT. In exergue: 8 March 1801. AE 41 mm. By T. Webb. Mudie 8, Eimer 929, BHM 504.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441615[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Mudie 9, Egypt Delivered:</p><p><br /></p><p>Great Britain, Egypt Delivered, 1801 (Struck 1820). Obv. Bust three-quarters l., uniformed. MAJOR GEN. LORD HUTCHINSON. Rev. Exchanging a treaty, Hutchinson facing the Bey of Egypt, who holds the reins of a rearing horse; a pyramid beyond. EGYPT DELIVERED. In exergue: SEPT 11 MDCCCI. AE 41 mm. By T. Webb/A. Dupre. Mudie 9, Eimer 934, BHM 509.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441609[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Mudie 32, Napoleon&#039;s Flight from Elba / Congress of Vienna:</p><p><br /></p><p>Great Britain, Napoleon&#039;s Flight from Elba/Congress of Vienna, 1815 (struck 1820). Obv. French eagle with thunderbolt (symbolizing Napoleon) approaches the French coast, Isle of Elba in background, to left TEMPLUM. JANI (Temple of Janus), with four-sided Janus on corner of roof, its doors lying broken (symbolizing the breaking of peace). In exergue: XXVI. FEBRUARY MDCCCXV. / Rev. Mercury, displaying a scroll inscribed TO ARMS, flying over globe carrying the news of Napoleon&#039;s flight, DECLARATION OF THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA. In exergue: XIII MARCH. By N.G.A. Brenet/ A.J. Depaulis. AE 41 mm., 41.8 g. Mudie 32, Eimer 1064, BHM 869, Bramsen 1597.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441610[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Mudie 37, Surrender of Napoleon to HMS Bellerephon (my only Mudie medal in silver):</p><p><br /></p><p>Great Britain, Surrender of Napoleon, 1815 (struck 1820). Obv. Bust of Napoleon right, uniformed; NAPOLEON BONAPARTE; signature below / Rev. British man of war Bellerophon, in full sail, with Imperial Eagle on flag staff; Napoleon stands on quarterdeck with right hand inside coat; another ship beyond; SURRENDERED TO H.B.M.S. BELLEROPHON CAPT. MAITLAND. Exergue: XV JULY. MDCCCXV; signatures below. By T. Webb/N.G.A Brenet. AR 41 mm., 38.8 g. Eimer 1078, Mudie 37, BHM 884, Bramsen 1691. <i>Purchased at Spink Auction 136, Oct. 7, 1999, Lot 992.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441613[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441614[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Mudie 39, Admiral Lord Exmouth / Bombardment of Algiers by British Fleet, Aug. 1816 (after the end of the Napoleonic Wars and concerning the attack on Barbary to free European prisoners, but so be it!) The reverse shows Neptune (= the British as rulers of the sea) subduing a sea monster, namely a hippocamp (= Barbary) with his trident.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441621[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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