Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1488. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $2050. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GREAT BRITAIN. George III. 1760-1820. Æ Box Medal. Duke of Wellington’s Peninsular Campaign Victories issue. I. Porter, engraver; Edward Orme, Bond St., London, publisher. Dated 1815. Large medallic case with bust of Duke of Wellington left on obverse and Victory seated left on basis beneath laurel tree, inscribing RECORD OF BRITISH VALOUR on tablet, on reverse; inside, endpapers describing contents and 11 colored paper medallion inserts depicting major battles of the campaign. Eimer, Wellington 80; BHM I 866. VF, case with brown patina, medallions originally joined by white ribbon, but now detached, Albuera medallion missing. An attractive commemorative for Napoleon’s nemesis and the victor of Waterloo.