Wellington’s Victories Circular Two Part Bronze Box With Illustrated and Documentary Details on Paper Wafers, the box (7.4 cms diameter) depicts on the top the Duke and inscription ‘England’s Great Captain Arthur Duke of Wellington’ and on the reverse ‘a seated Victory under a laurel tree with tablet ‘Record of British Valour’ and at the base ‘Picture Medal Edwd Orme direx Bond St., London’, the printed top wafer gives details of the contents in effect the battles of the British Army in Portugal, Spain and France from 1808 to 1814, the whole being edited, published and sold by Edwd Orme, Bond St., London, 1815. The thirteen discs all hand coloured depict scenes of action commencing with Passage of the Douro and finishing with Waterloo, slight restoration to the discs otherwise good overall condition £400-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Napoleonic Medals and Artefacts.

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