Lot 1178

Sale 54 · Important Australian & World Coins, Historical Medals, War Medals, Australian, New Zealand & World Banknotes

Description

Earl St. Vincent's Medal, silver medal, by C.H. Kuchler, 48mm, (23.4 grams), 1800, obv. Bust of St.Vincent to left, rev. seaman shaking hands with a marine, Union Jack behind, all within laurel wreath, dated 1800, (Pollard 19 [p.289-290], Eimer 919, BHM 489, Fearon 251.4, MH 456). Blue and gold patina, uncirculated, very rare.

Ex. A.H. Baldwin, London in 1995. Medal awarded by the Earl St. Vincent in 1800 to the sailors of HMS Ville de Paris, his flag-ship, who remained loyal at the time of the Nore Mutiny, 1797.

Estimate
$1,000
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$1,300