1827 William, Duke of Clarence, Lord High Admiral 65mm bronze medal BHM 1296 E1192 EF

Obv: William, Duke of Clarence (later William IV) bare head right

Rev: Britannia stands on the waves, with shield and spear, ships beyond her

The design of the reverse by Alfred Robert Freebairn (1794-1846) and the legend from Thomas Campbell’s poem,

‘Ye Mariners of England’: Britannia needs no bulwarks / No towers along the steep; / Her march is o’er the mountain wave, / Her home is on the deep.65mm

bronze

by John Henning