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The Seringapatam Medal

Medal
ca. 1801 (made)
Artist/Maker
Soho (manufacturer)
Küchler, Conrad Heinrich (medallist)
Place of origin
Soho (Birmingham) (made)

Seringapatam medal, silver.

Object details

Object type
Medal
TitleThe Seringapatam Medal (popular title)
Brief description
Seringapatam medal, silver.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 1.9cm
Credit line
Given by Mrs Joan O'Malley
Object history
Struck to commemorate the British victory at Seringapatam on 4 May 1799. Dated IV May MDCCXCIX. Designed by Conrad Heinrich Kuchler, principal designer and engraver for medals produced at the Soho Mint for Matthew Boulton.
Nominal File: O'Malley, Mrs Joan
Letter from Mrs O'Malley to Trenchard Cox, dated June 28 [1962]: Dear Trenchard, I have been left a silver & gold salver - the gold part being in the design of dragonlike creatures with which it is decorated. The story around it is that my uncles Great Grandfather, Colonel James McBean of the 78th Highlanders (which became the Seaforth Highlanders & now they have vanished into amalgamation) received as loot after the fighting against Tippoo Sahib at Seringapatan. It is said to have been dug up from under the ground in Tippoo Sahibs tent" [offers it to the museum: there is no reference in the correspondence to the medal which was acquired at the same time]
Production
Struck to commemorate the British victory against Tipu Sultan at Seringapatam in 1799
Associated object
IS.34-1962
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.35-1962

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Record createdApril 30, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O153901/the-seringapatam-medal-medal-küchler-conrad-heinrich/
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