© A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd
© A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd
Medal - Victoria Charles Ottley Groom-Napier
1879 year| Bronze | - | 54 mm |
| Location | United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) |
|---|---|
| Queen | Victoria (1837-1901) |
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Year | 1879 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Diameter | 54 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Updated | 2024-11-14 |
| Numista | N#423367 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 100% |
Reverse
Legend within crowned Collar of Order
Lettering:
FIDES
THE NAME OF
IS ADDED TO OUR ROIL AND ASSOCIATED WITH THE NAMES OF RAPHAEL MICHAEL ANCELO
LEONARDO DA VINCI DANTE TASSO.L
COLUMBUS.ARIOSTO.CALILEO.
COPERNICUS.RACINE. MOLIERE.
CERVANTES.MILTON
SHAKESPEARE
NAPIER.NEWTON.
NAPOLEON.CUVIER.
OLD MANTUAN
MEDALLISTS
Comment
By Baddeley Bros
Baldwin's: In 1879 he held a banquet for 7000 guests in a specially constructed pavilion at Greenwich, the walls of which were hung with 700 illuminated leaves of vellum illustrating his (purported) pedigree. It is understood that the great and the good were to be presented with these medals (the reverse has a space for naming), but for some unknown reason this never came about and examples remain extremely rare.
