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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Wehwalt, post: 2485676, member: 33595&quot;]Here&#039;s one I got today in Copenhagen, as I got a number of nice pieces but this may be the nicest.&nbsp; It is a Danish medal commemorating the Battle of Copenhagen (1801), which they lost to the British, it is the one where Nelson held up his telescope to his blind eye so as not to see the order to withdraw.&nbsp; The Danish feel it was really sort of a draw, which is why they issued a medal, I assume.&nbsp; Also see info here: <a href="http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&amp;auc=139&amp;searchlot=1334&amp;searchtype=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&amp;auc=139&amp;searchlot=1334&amp;searchtype=2" rel="nofollow">http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&amp;auc=139&amp;searchlot=1334&amp;searchtype=2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>All I can say about the design is that it looks like a very chancy way for lady Justice to be handling a sword and the Danish warrior on the reverse seems at a distinct disadvantage, which may be the point.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]525218[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]525221[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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