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Show GREAT 'PROTECTOR' NOT VAIN Records Show oTiomwel. Object. . ed to Idea of Having nis E.gy Stamped on Medal- While the Arma "'i uls In England, the title l the famous "lumbal M.i.u by parliament in Jcd medal, as far as is known , to to nil ranks alike, Iron, he huml - t soldier to the commander m There were two Issues of tl u. n eu . but on the obverse of both of t hem wna a left profile bust of Oliver Cromwell, with a battle raging In the distance. C was no choice of Cromwell s that his likeness appeared on the meda 1. In ft letter addressed to the "Coram , the Army In London." he urges th.it his likeness should not appear on the meu al ; that one side should show the par, llament and the other the army, ami na dds : "Wherefore, If I may beg it as a favor from you, I most earnestly beseech be-seech you, If I may do It without offense, of-fense, that It may be so. And if you ,hinU not fit to have It as I offer, you may alter it as you see cause ; only I do think I may truly sny it will be very thankfully acknowledged by me, if you will spare the having of my elhgies in It." Parliament, however, would not bear of it, and the protector's "effigy Is made the prominent feature on the obverse of both medals. |