The Pavilion Collection
The Pavilion Collection, Commemorative Medals, George IV, Coronation 1821, copy of the official medal, in silver, by Edward Avern after Benedetto Pistrucci, for wearing by the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry who lined part of the coronation route, laureate bust l., rev the king crowned by Victory and watched over by Britannia, Scotia and Hibernia, edge named in engraved capital letters, ISAAC WINTER. 1ST REGT. B.Y.C.H. [Buckinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry Hussars], 35.5mm. (BHM.1071, listed only in copper [R3], footnote; Eimer 1146b; Tancred pp.363-4), pierced and with small suspension ring for wearing, good very fine and toned
Bt S. Monks, September 2010
The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 81 (1822), records under ‘Provincial Occurences’ that ‘The Duke of Buckingham, as Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, has directed a silver coronation medal, to be presented to each officer, non-commissioned officer, and private, in the first regiment of Bucks. Yeomanry Cavalry, who attended the coronation’. The Buckinghamshire Yeomanry formed part of the Royal Escort and lined part of the Coronation route. According to the contemporary writer and numismatist, William Till, they were designed to be worn ‘on grand field days and state occassions’.
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The Pavilion Collection, Commemorative Medals, George IV, Coronation 1821, copy of the official medal, in silver, by Edward Avern after Benedetto Pistrucci, for wearing by the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry who lined part of the coronation route, laureate bust l., rev the king crowned by Victory and watched over by Britannia, Scotia and Hibernia, edge named in engraved capital letters, ISAAC WINTER. 1ST REGT. B.Y.C.H. [Buckinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry Hussars], 35.5mm. (BHM.1071, listed only in copper [R3], footnote; Eimer 1146b; Tancred pp.363-4), pierced and with small suspension ring for wearing, good very fine and toned
Bt S. Monks, September 2010
The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 81 (1822), records under ‘Provincial Occurences’ that ‘The Duke of Buckingham, as Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, has directed a silver coronation medal, to be presented to each officer, non-commissioned officer, and private, in the first regiment of Bucks. Yeomanry Cavalry, who attended the coronation’. The Buckinghamshire Yeomanry formed part of the Royal Escort and lined part of the Coronation route. According to the contemporary writer and numismatist, William Till, they were designed to be worn ‘on grand field days and state occassions’.
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