Show GREAT PROTECTOR NOT VAIN record m I 1 show Is oliver cromwell objects ed t to h idea A of having ag in hi I 1 effigy stamped on an medal while tho the armada medals may b regarded as aa tha me beginning ot of war 11 med als 1 1 in the true prototype plainly P kofl tb tha war medal ot of today I 1 is held t ill ba t the it inar hamoui a aw r model medal author lyea by parliament 1 in rial it II we was she th the a firt model medal na as far as 8 is ia know known n to be I 1 issued ad to all ranks alike from the humbles soldier r to the commander in chi ij rhe bhore r a were two MR issues issue ot of the tha wed medal but bat on n the obverse of both of the them WB wa I a left profile amille bust beat of oliver cromwell ll 11 with a battle raging 1 in the instance dista uce ial is was waa no choice of cromwell a that his likeness appeared on an th the model medal la in 0 d letter addressed to tha committee ot of the army in loudon london he orgon that big likeness should not appear on the med al that one me side should show the per pai flament and the other the army and he ha adds adda IN ft here he fora it if I 1 way may beg it as a al favor from yo you I 1 most earnestly bee you if I 1 may do it without of tense awa that it may be A so and if yon yea think not or fit to hove have it as I 1 offer you yon may alter altar it as y yon we see call cause only I 1 I 1 d dd think I 1 may truly soy say it mill be ver verr thankfully acknowledged by me if fad ad will spare am the he having ot of my C fil in it parliament 11 II t it however ver would no byj hear a of f it and ad tit alie protector s III effiec 1 Is rude made the prominent feature 0 on the tha obverse of both medals |