256, Lot: 937. Estimate $100. Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

temp. HANOVER. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, field-marshal and statesman. 1769-1852. Æ Medal (41mm, 40.16 g, 12h). Passage of the Duoro. By N. G. A. Brenet and E. J. Dubois. Dated 1809. ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON, bare head right / River right left, preventing passage of English ships; in two lines in exergue, PASSAGE OF THE DURO/1809. BHM 671; Eimer 997. Good VF, brown patina, a few marks.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.