Lot 2620 BRITISH INDIA: bronze medal, 1792, Pud-792.1.1, Eimer-845, 47mm, Charles, the Marquis Cornwallis 401738-180541, on the Defeat of Sultan Tippoo [Tipu] of Mysore, medal by C H Kuumlchler: uniformed bust of Cornwallis left Cornwallis receives the sons of Sultan Tippoo as hostages, PCGS graded MS65. The Third Anglo-Mysore War 401789-179241 ended in defeat for Tipu Sultan. After about two weeks of siege at Srirangapatna, Tipu opened negotiations for terms of surrender. In the ensuing treaty, he was forced to cede half his territories to the allies, and deliver two of his sons as hostages until he paid in full three crores and thirty lakhs rupees fixed as war indemnity to the British for the campaign against him. He paid the amount in two installments and got back his sons from Madras.Photo size reduced.