397, Lot: 885. Estimate $200. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. Field-marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. 1769-1852. Æ Box Medal (47.5mm, 29.89 g, 12h). British Victories in the Peninsular War. DUKE OF WELLINGTON, uniformed bust left / BY HIS/CONSUMATE SKILL/AS A GENERAL,/HE HAS RAISED THE/BRITISH ARMY/TO THE HIGHEST/EXCELLENCE, & HIMSELF/THE MOVE NOBLE, &/EXALTED HERO,/IN THE ANNALS OF/ HISTORY within wreath. With original interior mounted paper and nine cardboard discs naming battles and campaigns. BHM 885; Eimer 1075a. Good VF, a few cardboard discs missing.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from the Antique Collectors Fair Corp., April 1991.