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The Journal oftheMedal Collectors of America Volume14∙Number8 November∙December 2011 Contents and Features Editor : John W. Adams [email protected] Presidents Message 2 Producer From the Editor 3 Tony Lopez Photography Bob Williams All that Glitters is not Gold 4 Member Contacts (or Gilt) Barry Tayman, Treasurer Pinchbeck and the finishes on Vernon medals 3115 Nestling Pine Court John W. Adams Ellicott City, MD 21042 [email protected] Benjamin Weiss, Webmaster The Naval Copenhagen Badge 9 [email protected] Badges forNelson’s“Hardest Fought Battle” Officers and Board Members Sim Comfort David Menchell,President [email protected] Christian Gobrecht Archimedes 14 SkylerLiechty, Vice President Medal [email protected] The unidentified mechanical objectis identified Anne E. Bentley, Secretary Leonard Augsburger [email protected] Barry D. Tayman, Treasurer Letters to the Editor 16 Benjamin Weiss,Webmaster John W. Adams David T. Alexander Vernon Section 19 Robert F. 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It reflects the condition of the piece as it left the press and, further in the case of pinchbeck, it also reflects that the maker was a part of the Pinchbeck team. Those who did not have access to pinchbeck metal had to resort to raw materials of Illus #8, 9 and 10–Spanish Collection, PBv 30-AA; lesser quality and/or greater cost. Most of the Vernon Spanish Collection FCv 16-X; medals that one finds today in degraded condition Spanish Collection NLh 1-A were made by those producers who were not members of the inner circle. These medals have seen little wear, are drooling with It has not been established whether the “mint red” and yet, because of being weakly struck, Pinchbeck's furnished planchets to a coterie of do not adequately tell the story that is being engravers or whether that coterie supplied dies to the commemorated. That said, they possess that charm Pinchbeck's who, in turn, did the manufacturing.. In which comes with a lack of sophistication. turn, did the manufacturing. Given the highly variable The real gold, in our opinion and that of the quality of medals struck, we believe that the Pinchbeck’s, are those medals that have retained most engravers did the striking. Thus, there are two of their original glowing surface AND which are variables to monitor, one of which is sharpness. As sharply struck. Such examples are not common but, the following examples will demonstrate, it is when they do appear, they take you back to when all possible for a medal to have original color (the of the British Isles were basking in the glory of equivalent of mint red) without that medal being Admiral Vernon’s victory at Porto Bello. 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TTThhhiiisss pppiiieeeccceee,,, nnnaaammmeeeddd tttooo CCCaaappptttaaaiiinnn GGGeeeooorrrgggeee MMMuuurrrrrraaayyy ooofff ttthhheee EEEdddgggaaarrr,,, llleeeddd MMMiiilllfffooorrrddd HHHaaavvveeennn tttooo ssspppeeecccuuulllaaattteee ttthhhaaattt ttthhheeessseee bbbaaadddgggeeesss mmmaaayyy hhhaaavvveee rrreeeppprrreeessseeennnttteeeddd aaa ssspppeeeccciiiaaalll aaawwwaaarrrddd fffooorrr CCCooopppeeennnhhhaaagggeeennn PPPaaagggeee 888 From the National Maritime Museum More is learned when making a direct collection we have no less thansix examples recorded comparison with the Morton and Eden example and on their website: this copper gilt example: (cid:61623) Gold with a blank reverse. (cid:61623) Silver with the reverse engravedOrion74. (cid:61623) Copper gilt with blank reverse. (cid:61623) Copper gilt with blank reverse. (cid:61623) Copper gilt with blank reverse. (cid:61623) Tin with reverse engravedMars74. As noted in the Morton & Eden catalogue, another example with an engraved reverse is located at the National Royal Naval Museum (ex Lily McCarthy collection) and bearing the ship’s name Donegal 74. Including the above example from M & E, all four examples with ships’ names engraved on the reverse are in the same hand. Although the The struck copper gilt example certainly George Murray example is noted by Morton & Eden appears to be the original design, particularly as we as being in the National Maritime Museum collection, can now see the full legend of the badge: IN the gold example displayed on the web appears to MEMORY OF THE / BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN have a blank reverse. It is also noted that none of / APRL 2 1801. That the legend supporting Nelson’s these ships took part in the Battle of Copenhagen, image is: ADML LORD NELSON OF THE NILE 1801. Lastly all of the above examples are cast goes a long way toward dating this piece as pre- medals with some of them being chased. Quite a Trafalgar. mystery! From comparing the two examples, it is This example, which was purchased from a pretty clear that the cast examples are made from an general antique shop some years ago, may offer clues identical example of this copper gilt medal, however to solving the puzzle. It measures 62mm in height the casting may have proved too difficult to include with the surmount and 47mm without the surmount. the integral surmount found in the original so it was The maximum width is 48mm. It is a copper gilt cut away. Or perhaps a damaged original medal struck badge which has been secured to a marble which had lost its surmount was used to create the roundel and framed in oak: cast. My opinion is that the surmount was cut away to facilitate casting. I have to say, that in my opinion all of the cast Copenhagen Badges are fakes; fabricated nearly a hundred years after the event they originally celebrated. What follows are my reasons for this opinion. The casting itself is really rather crude. It is certainly not the sophisticated lost wax process, but looks to be a simple sand cast, which any jeweler could carry out by using a tray of very fine sand into which an impression is made from the host medal, thus forming the mould and then pouring in liquid metal. As the metals that have been cast are gold, silver, copper and tin, this remains a process which could be carried out by many jewelers with adequate equipment to melt the small quantities of metal. I also wonder about the engraving hand which has a crude and tentative quality, probably to give the impression that the engraving was done on board ship. 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