FDA-A.445-2015
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.445-2015
Identification
Title
Mudie's National Medals
Description
Wooden box in shape of a book titled 'Series of Medals on British Victories', with 40 medals inside
Comments
In 1917, The Chronicle recorded:
'A collection of British and Colonial coins and medals has been bequeathed to the Museum by Lt. Cuthbert Higgins, W. Yorkshire Regiment (d.w. 1 . 7 . 16)'. It is not clear whether these medals where part of that bequest.
[Eton College Chronicle, Monday, December 31, 1917]
'A collection of British and Colonial coins and medals has been bequeathed to the Museum by Lt. Cuthbert Higgins, W. Yorkshire Regiment (d.w. 1 . 7 . 16)'. It is not clear whether these medals where part of that bequest.
[Eton College Chronicle, Monday, December 31, 1917]
Description
Content (description)
40 bronze medals with portrait on obverse and scene on reverse
Physical description
Red and gilt leather and wooden 'book' box with swing hook clasps to secure (not complete). Padded silk interior, base inset with pale blue/green velvet with recess for each medal. Red and gilded leather numbers by each recess.
Production
Person
Mudie, James (Commissioned by)
Date
1820
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Possibly bequeathed to Eton College by Lt. Cuthbert Higgins in 1917
