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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yarm, post: 2025483, member: 5795&quot;]A medal by J. Kirk commemorating the marriage of George III and Queen Charlotte in September of 1761. George met his 17 year old bride-to-be for the first time on the day of his marriage!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/rwyarmch/British%20Historical%20Medals/MergedBHM10.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Per Brown&#039;s <i>British Historical Medals</i></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The treaty of marriage between George III and Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was concluded, and the ramifications exchanged, on the 15th August. On the 17th August Princess Charlotte accompanied by her brother set out for England., arriving at Harwich on the 6th September, and proceeding to London, where on the 8th September at quarter past three she was greeted by the royal family at the garden gate of St. James&#039;s Palace. At eight o&#039;clock of that evening the marriage ceremony was performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury in St. James&#039;s Palace Chapel.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>A detailed account of Charlotte&#039;s travels and the wedding was included in the <i>Gentlemen&#039;s Magazine</i>, 1761. Another magazine worth acquiring for those interested in the period is the<i> Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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