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An image showing 'Badge commemorating the Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759'
An image showing 'Badge commemorating the Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759'
An image showing 'Badge commemorating the Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759'
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Badge commemorating the Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759

Badge commemorating the Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759. A uniface cross-belt plate. View of French battleship, mizzen mast and main topmast gone, sinking; a seaman hauling down her colours at the stern; a hawk, holding the English flag, hovering above. Legend on scrolled ribbons, above: 'HAWK. UNION'. Below: '20 Novr.1759'.
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Object details

ID: MEC1099
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Badge
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: Seven Years' War: Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759
Date made: 1759
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 64 x 49 mm