1827 William, Duke of Clarence, Lord High Admiral 65mm bronze medal BHM 1296 E1192 EF
1827 William, Duke of Clarence, Lord High Admiral 65mm bronze medal BHM 1296 E1192 EF
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Obv: William, Duke of Clarence (later William IV) bare head right
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Rev: Britannia stands on the waves, with shield and spear, ships beyond her
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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
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bronze
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by John Henning