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Great Britain, silver-plated bronze medal, dated 1801 (struck ca. 1820), Major General Lord Hutchins

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Great Britain, silver-plated bronze medal, dated 1801 (struck ca. 1820), Major General Lord Hutchins
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Great Britain, silver-plated bronze medal, dated 1801 (struck ca. 1820), Major General Lord Hutchinson / Egypt Delivered, by T. Webb and A. Dupre. Eimer-934; BHM-509; Mudie-9. 35.94 grams; 41 mm. Obverse with uniformed bust half left, WEBB.F. on shoulder truncation, within legend MAJOR GEN. LORD HUTCHINSON; reverse with Hutchinson standing, at right, receiving Peace Treaty from the Bey of Egypt, who holds the bridle of a rearing horse, with EGYPT DELIVERED above and SEPT II MDCCCI below, DUPRE F and MUDIE D at bottom rim. Choice AU with very light rainbow toning in spots, muted luster in fairly clean fields. Upon the final surrender of French troops at Alexandria on September 2, 1801, Major General John Hely-Hutchinson ended the French campaign in Egypt, and it is at this time that the British seized the famous Rosetta Stone that resides in the British Museum today.