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Preferred term

Badge for the Forlorn Hope  

Entry terms

  • FORLORN HOPE MEDAL OF CHARLES I

Note

  • Generic artist: English
  • Generic artist: English (Wales)
  • Generic location: Cardiff (GBR), National Museum of Wales
  • Generic location: London (GBR), British Museum
  • Generic medium: silver medal; ca.1643

Scope note

  • medal awarded to soldiers by Charles I for individual service or acts of distinguished conduct; Forlorn Hope = soldiers hand-picked to detach to the front and begin the attack; sometimes applied to rear guard

Notation

  • 257601

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/HTR-N433PGTW-Z

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