100050 | GREAT BRITAIN/FRANCE. Bronze Medal.

100050 | GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, OTTOMAN EMPIRE & RUSSIA. Bronze Medal. Dated 1854. The Holy Anglo-French Alliance and the Crimean War (44mm, 59.05 g, 12h). By Allen & Moore.

 

THE HOLY ALLIANCE LA SAINTE ALLIANCE, British and French soldier standing facing one another, each holding rifle and resting hand upon the other's shoulder; musical and military instruments and implements behind / ENGLAND AND FRANCE / UNITED / TO DEFEND / THE OPPRESSED / AND AVENGE / INSULTED EUROPE in six lines within wreath.

 

Eimer 1489; BHM 2536. Choice Mint State, rich red-brown surfaces, with a light purple iridescence. Exceptionally high relief.

 

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