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An image showing 'Medal commemorating the landing in Holland, 1799 and Sir Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801); obverse'
An image showing 'Medal commemorating the landing in Holland, 1799 and Sir Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801); reverse'
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Medal commemorating the landing in Holland, 1799 and Sir Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801)

Medal commemorating the landing in Holland, 1799 and Sir Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801). Obverse: Bust of General Abercromby in uniform (left). Legend: 'SIR RALPH ABERCROMBIE . K . B . LIEUTENANT GENERAL'. Reverse: View of the sea and Dutch coast; a column crowned and beflagged (left), an anchor and rudder beside it, a bird in flight (centre). Legend: 'PATRIAE INFELICI FIDELIS.' Exergue: 'LANDED IN HOLLAND & TOOK HELDER POINT AUGT . 27 . 1799.'
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Object Details

ID: MEC1321
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: War of the Second Coalition: Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, 1799
Date made: 1799
People: Abercromby, Ralph; Abercromby, Ralph
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 40 mm