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Admiral Edward Vernon: Cartegana
British
1741
Medium/Technique
Metal; pinchbeck
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 36 mm (1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Miss Rebecca Salisbury
Accession Number92.1076
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Betts 1919.
DescriptionCircular medal of Edward Vernon, admiral of the British fleet. Coin turn.
Obverse: Admiral Vernon standing on block with harbor and ships behind; inscribed in band at edge "ADAML·VERNON·VIEWING·THE·TOWN·OF·CARTHAGENA".
Reverse: Multiple ships at harbor; inscribed at edge "HE DESTROY D THE FORTS OF CARTHAGENA", at center "DON BLASS", and in ex "APRIL 1741".
Obverse: Admiral Vernon standing on block with harbor and ships behind; inscribed in band at edge "ADAML·VERNON·VIEWING·THE·TOWN·OF·CARTHAGENA".
Reverse: Multiple ships at harbor; inscribed at edge "HE DESTROY D THE FORTS OF CARTHAGENA", at center "DON BLASS", and in ex "APRIL 1741".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed in band at edge "ADAML·VERNON·VIEWING·THE·TOWN·OF·CARTHAGENA".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "HE DESTROY D THE FORTS OF CARTHAGENA", at center "DON BLASS", and in ex "APRIL 1741".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "HE DESTROY D THE FORTS OF CARTHAGENA", at center "DON BLASS", and in ex "APRIL 1741".
ProvenanceAfter 1892, by exchange of duplicates to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 1919)