The Duke of Wellington

The Duke of Wellington, "Record of British Valour", a gilt-bronze box medal, 1815, by I. Porter and published by Edward Orme, the lid, uniformed bust of the Duke left, the base, Victory seated below tree inscribing a tablet, the box containing the complete set of 13 hand-coloured roundels, 12 depicting a Peninsular battles, the last "Waterloo", 75mm, in original red leather case, stamped in gilt, RECORD OF BRITISH VALOUR. Extremely fine and rare. These box medals are seldom found gilt and the roundels in this set, with the battle name below the image, are the scarcer variety. When issued, the roundels were joined to each other in series, by a tape running through them, from the base to the lid. References: Laurence Brown, British Historical Medals, 1760-1960, Ringwood 1980, 206, No 866 (RR); Christopher Eimer, Medallic Portraits of the Duke of Wellington, London, 1994, No 80.