Show A happy now year with health and prosperity BOYD PARK 0 aya lym MAKERS ERS OF JEWELRY W M MAN MAIN STU ET SALT LAU crry cm GREAT PROTECTOR NOT VAIN vaa records show oliver cromwell object ed to idea of having his stamped on medal while the armada medals may regarded as the beginning of 0 war in ed als la in england the true proto prototype the war medal of I 1 today is held t n 11 J pe he famous dunbar medal biedal authora authors by parliament in 1030 1630 it was the lira flu medal na as far na as Is known to be hs to all ranks alike from the humble bambi soldier to the commander in achl chlell if II 11 chere were two issues of the meda I 1 but on the obverse of both of them w y a left profile bust of oliver cromwe crohw 14 with a battle raging in the distance q H I 1 was no choice of Cromwe lys that lii like likeness ness appeared on the medal in i letter addressed to the committee 1 the army in london he urges tha tilis likeness should not appear OIL on the ma n at al that t one side should show the pari mil filament and the other the army and anllo bo adds wherefore if I 1 may beg it U favor from you I 1 most earnestly ix be 5 you it if I 1 may do it without V 0 cense that it may be so go and if 1 ym think not fit to have it as I 1 offer yo oi m may ay alter it as you see cause only I 1 ri d i think I 1 may truly say it will be very thankfully acknowledged by me it M will spare the having of my ay effial effigies effi gies h it parliament however would 1 sd to 90 hear of it and the protectors effigy em Is made the prominent feature on th tin obverse of both medals |