256, Lot: 929. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

temp. HANOVER. Richard, Earl Howe, admiral. 1725-1799. Æ Medal (48mm, 63.66 g, 12h). Battle of the First of June. By C. H. Küchler. Dated 1794 in Roman numerals. RIC · COMES HOWE THALASSIARCHA BRITAN ·, uniformed bust right; PATRIÆ DECVS ET TVTAMEN · (the country’s glory and defense) in exergue / NON SORTE SED VIRTUTE (not by luck but rather by virtue), view of the battle of Howe’s flagship Queen Charlotte sinking French ship; in three lines in exergue, GALLOR · CLASSIS PROFLIG ·/DIE I JUNII ·/MDCCXCIV (the French fleet routed on the first of June). BHM 383; Eimer 855. EF, brown patina, a few marks.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.