Medal

Record number: CHEGM: 1925 537

Description: Historical medal commemorating Lieutenant-General Lord Combermere's Peninsular War victories, 1821.

Designer: obverse B.R. Faulkner

Designer: reverseBarnett

Date: 1821

Period: 19th century

Material: bronze

Dimensions: diameter 41mm

Inscription: obverse Bust of Lord Combermere, left. LIEUT GENERAL LORD COMBERMERE G.C.B.K.T.S.K.S.F

Inscription: reverse Victory advancing left holding a scroll inscribed with the names of the main battles TALAVERA / TORRES VEDRAS / FUENTES D'ONOR / LLERENA / SALAMANCA / ORTHES / TOULOUSE
1821 in exergue


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