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Medal commemorating action off Cadiz, 1781
Medal commemorating action off Cadiz, 1781. Obverse: Stern view of four vessels in action, one dismantled (left). Legend: 'VIS VI FORTITER REPULSA' (A bold attack boldly repulsed). Exergue: 'PROPE GADES XXX MAY, MDCCLXXXI' (Off Cadiz, 30 May 1781.) Reverse: A trident with three shields of the Rotterdam Admiralty upon it, and two anchors, engraved pennants on either side, 'P. MELVILLE NAVARCHUS' 'G. OORTHUIS NAVARCH'. Legend: 'ANTIQUA VIRTVTE DVVM-VIRI' (Two colleagues of ancient valour). Below, a festooned lion's head.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0253 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Holtzhey, Johann Georg |
| Places: | Netherlands |
| Events: | Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Action off Cadiz, 1781 |
| Date made: | 1781 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 44 mm |