WHM 69
- WHM 69
- Medal
- George III (1738-1820 AD)
- 1805 AD
- Copper alloy
- Struck
- Circular
- 53mm
- BHM 573; Eimer 971; MH 549.
- Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut), bought from Baldwin’s Auctions ltd., Auction 98, lot 2510 (ex Baldwin’s Auction 46, 4 May 2006, lot 2184).
- 2016-05-06
- Great Britain. Medal engraved by T. Webb to commemorate the promotion of Admiral Sir Willian Sidney Smith to the rank of rear admiral in November 1805 AD. One of his accomplishments was the victorious defense of Acre in 1799 during the siege of Napoleon Bonaparte that prevented the latter from occupying Syria.
GVLIEMVS SIDNEY SMITH MDCCCV
Bust of William Sidney Smith to right.
COEUR / DE / LION within an oak wreath