Anti Jacobite silver medals (2), Carlisle Retaken by the Duke of Cumberland, 1745, silver, 37 mm., by J. H. Wolff, uniformed bust of the Duke of Cumberland right, rev. the Duke as a Roman warrior attacking the Hydra of Rebellion (MI ii, 604/258; Woolf 52:1a), very fine; Return of the Duke of Cumberland to London, 1745, silver, 41 mm., by John Kirk, uniformed bust of the Duke nearly facing, rev. the Duke presenting to the King the emblems of the towns recaptured (MI ii, 608/268: Woolf 54:1b), very fine; together with two base metal medals, 37 mm., commemorating The Capture of Porto Bello, 1739, by Pinchbeck (MI ii, 536/100) and the Proposed Attack on Havana, 1741 (MI ii, 555/178), both about very fine (4)

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Anti Jacobite silver medals (2), Carlisle Retaken by the Duke of Cumberland, 1745, silver, 37 mm., by J. H. Wolff, uniformed bust of the Duke of Cumberland right, rev. the Duke as a Roman warrior attacking the Hydra of Rebellion (MI ii, 604/258; Woolf 52:1a), very fine; Return of the Duke of Cumberland to London, 1745, silver, 41 mm., by John Kirk, uniformed bust of the Duke nearly facing, rev. the Duke presenting to the King the emblems of the towns recaptured (MI ii, 608/268: Woolf 54:1b), very fine; together with two base metal medals, 37 mm., commemorating The Capture of Porto Bello, 1739, by Pinchbeck (MI ii, 536/100) and the Proposed Attack on Havana, 1741 (MI ii, 555/178), both about very fine (4)

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The second medal illustrated