103689 | GREAT BRITAIN. The English Army on the Scheldt bronze Medal.

103689  |  GREAT BRITAIN. The English Army on the Scheldt bronze Medal. Dated 1815, though issued 1820 for Mudie's "National Series" (40mm, 37.46 g, 12h). By Alexis Joseph Depaulis and Achille Désiré Lefèvre for Thomasen's mint in Birmingham.

 

Scheldt river god reclining right, resting elbow upon overturned urn from which liquid flows; in background to right, ship under sail left; in two lines in exergue, THE ENGLISH ARMY / UPON THE SCHELD // Bull standing right; lion-tipped standard inscribed GR in background, buildings in distance; MDCCCXV in exergue. Edge: Plain.

 

BHM 867; Eimer 1066; Bramsen 1607; Mudie 33. Gem Mint State. Rich brown surfaces, with great brilliance in the fields and relief among the devices.

 

James Mudie's provided text for his "National Series" mentions the following regarding this particular medal: "The Bull, a noble but common animal of the Netherlands, together with the peculiar buildings (Brussels) in the back ground, denote the Low Countries, and the British Standard planted on its ground, the establishment and success of the British arms there in 1815." While the bull's imposing figure has been ascribed to be a representation of George III in the past, Mudie's own words here confirm its attribution instead as an allegorical representation of Holland. The final portrait style of George III, known as his "bull head" coinage, certainly aided in the assumption that the bovine representation was meant for the then-madness-wracked monarch.

 

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