拍品 62
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PORTUGAL, Commander's Medal for Arapiles, 33mm., gold and enamel, with 46mm. wide ornate gold straight-bar suspension, of excellent quality, extremely fine, with a length of contemporary riband
PORTUGAL, Commander's Medal for Arapiles, 33mm., gold and enamel, with 46mm. wide ornate gold straight-bar suspension, of excellent quality, extremely fine, with a length of contemporary riband

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PORTUGAL, Commander's Medal for Arapiles, 33mm., gold and enamel, with 46mm. wide ornate gold straight-bar suspension, of excellent quality, extremely fine, with a length of contemporary riband

拍品专文

Arapiles was a small village to the South-East of Salamanca, adjacent to two heights, the 'Greater' and 'Lesser Arapiles'. The village and heights were to play an important part in the Battle of Salamanca fought on 22.7.1812 between Wellington and Marshal Marmont.