CNG 85, Lot: 1619. Estimate $150. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington. 1769-1852. WM Medal (50mm, 43.16 g, 12h). Death of the Duke of Wellington. By Allen & Moore. Dated 1852. ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON., bust left, in military regalia; ALLEN & MOORE. BIRMM. / BRITANNIA MOURNS HER HERO NOW AT REST, funerary plaque inscribed WELLINGTON/BORN/MAY 1.1769/DIED/SEPT14.1852 in five lines; trophy of arms behind; to left, Britannia standing right, weeping; to lower left, lion reclining right, in attitude of mourning; to right, Victory kneeling left, placing wreath upon base of urn; A&M below; WATERLOO/JUNE 18.1815 in two lines in exergue and within wreath of laurel and oak branches. BHM 2476; Eimer -. Near EF, a few marks.

From a California Collection of British Historical Medals.