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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 26556959, member: 135271&quot;]I recently picked up this nice Wellington medal, minted on his death in 1852.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1692306[/ATTACH] </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>UNITED KINGDOM</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Time of Victoria, 1837-1901</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>WM Medal (36.2mm, 14.92g, 1h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Minted 1852 on the death of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON, bare-headed bust of Wellington left</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: BORN MAY 1st 1769 DIED SEPR 14th 1852 in four lines within wreath</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: Numista – ; BHM – .</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Mintage: unknown</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>In PCGS encapsulation, graded MS62. The sole example at both PCGS and NGC. From the Augustana Collection. A rare type, holed, with proof-like fields.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>The death of the beloved British military hero of the Napoleonic Wars, Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, on September 14th 1852 was accompanied by the issuance of an enormous number of commemorative medals celebrating his accomplishments and mourning his loss. Wellington’s military achievements spanned the globe, including victories in India at Seringapatam and Assaye, in Portugal and Spain during the Peninsular War, and most famously, against Napoleon at Waterloo, in modern-day Belgium. Queen Victoria, in tribute of Wellington, described him as “the greatest man this country ever produced.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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