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Memorial medal to Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737), commemorating the action off Malaga 1704

Memorial medal to Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737), commemorating the action off Malaga 1704. Obverse: Head of Admiral de Bourbon in a long wig (right). Legend: 'LOUIS ALEXANDRE DE BOURBON COMTE DE TOULOUSE AMIRAL DE FRANCE.' Reverse: A winged Victory, a palm branch in her left hand, standing on an antique galley containing massed trophies, inscribing a shield on a mast with flag flying and sail furled. Legend: 'BRITANNIS BATAVIS QUE (sic) DEVICTIS.' (British and Dutch defeated.) Inscription (on shield): 'VELEZ MALAGA.' Exergue: 'XXIV AOUST MDCCIV.'
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Object Details

ID: MEC0547
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marcassus, Jean Pierre Casimir de; Gayrard, Raymond
Events: War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Malaga, 1704
Date made: 1818
People: Bourbon, Louis Alexandre de; Bourbon, Louis Alexandre de
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 67 mm