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1643 Edward Montagu, Earl of Manchester English Civil War Badge Oval Badge MI I, 309/137

£1,100

Edward Montagu, Earl of Manchester, Military Reward (1643), oval badge, bust three-quarters left, reverse. Coronet over garnished arms (Platt II, p.233, type E ; MI I, 309/137; E 143A var.) 

A superior example of this rare Parliamentarian Civil War Badge. Accompanied with a contemporary cast in lead, and a electrotype of the obverse with larger border

Provenance

A COLLECTION OF BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS PART I - GLENDININGS 16TH MARCH 1989, lot 

Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (1602-70), was a Parliamentary general and statesman. He served under Essex at Edgehill, and later commanded at Marston Moor. He defeated the royalist army at the second battle of Newbury, but failed to take advantage of the victory and was relieved of his command. Although a leader of the Puritan faction, Manchester opposed the trial of King Charles and was influential in bringing about the Restoration of 1660; he was subsequently appointed Lord Chamberlain by Charles II.

** The Dr Jerome Platt example ( which was in a lower grade ) of this rare medal recently achieved over £1300 at Noonan's 

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