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PUD NO_849-2-2 AE |
| Subject | : | Dr James Burnes - Grant Medical College - Bombay |
| Size | : | 45 mm |
| Metal | : | Copper |
| Year | : | 1849 |
| Description | : | obv. Head of Burnes, left, around border : JACOBO BURNES INDIAM RELINQUENTI MDCCCXLIX (James Burnes leaves India behind 1849). Signed : B. WYON SC, rev. In center the armorial achievement of the Burnes family. Above helmet a mural crown with eagle atop and an eastern crown with tree atop, around border : COLLEGIO MEDICO GRANT. FRATRES LATOMI BOMBAIENSES. (Grant Medical College, Masonic Brethren of Bombay).
A Prize medal for Grant Medical College. The only awarded silver specimen traced was awarded in 1911.
The armorial achievement was granted by William IV to James Burnes and his brother, Sir Alexander Burnes, for distinguished services in India. |
