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Great Britain - 1814

Paix de Paris - Blücher

Obverse:

Uniformed bust of Field-Marshal von Blücher bare head, left. G. L. VON BLUCHER . PRINCE DE WAGSTADT

Legend:

THE HERO OF FREEDOM THE PRIDE OF OUR COUNTRY AND ORNAMENT OF HUMAN NATURE .:.

Size:

43 mm.

Reverse:

Similar to No. 816.
No. 816: Dove of Peace bearing olive branch down to British lion couchant by cornucopia and sheep, etc. open book inscribed: PEACE / 1814

Legend:

. WE PRAISE THEE O GOD, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THEE TO BE THE LORD

Vern's Comments:

As you can see it is manufactured holed for wear.

Apparently this was one of a set of three medals manufactured for sale with the same reverse. (Eimer, Wellington, p. 37) Eimer notes that the medals were marketed as part of the celebrations held in London in the summer of 1814. Wellington and the Prince Regent were the subjects of the other two medals.

Bramsen:

Bramsen - 1443
Paix de Paris

G. L. VON BLUCHER . PRINCE DE WAGSTADT Buste, à gauche, en uniforme.

Revers comme celui de la précédente.

Sur le cordon: THE HERO OF FREEDOM THE PRIDE OF OUR COUNTRY AND ORNAMENT OF HUMAN NATURE ^.:^. .

Médaille, 41 mm. - T. N. 63, 4-6.

Le prince Blücher accompagna, en Juin 1814, les souverains alliés en Angleterre, où il fut nommé docteur par l'université d'Oxford et citoyen de la ville de Londres. C'est par erreur, que la médaille le nomme prince de WAGSTADT au lieu de WAHLSTADT, village situé près de Katzbach, en Silésie, où il avait remporté la victoire du 26 Août 1813.

BHM:

AE, WM 43 by J. Westwood.
AE R; WM R.
BM
E. P. M. 1888/72.

Gebhard Lebrecht v. Blücher (1742-1819), Prussian Field Marshal, termed 'Marshal Forwards' from his form of attack. He defeated Marshal Ney in 1813 and visited London with his Sovereign in June 1814. This medal, which was struck by Edward Thomason, refers to the state of affairs brought about by the Peace of Paris. See also note to No. 802.

British Historical Medals, Volume I, p. 196

Paix de Paris - Blücher