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Medal commemorating the British Victories 1797-1809
Medal commemorating British Victories 1797-1809. Obverse: Bust of George III (right), hair tied behind. Collar of the Garter over ermine mantle. Legend: 'GEORGIVS . III . D G BRITANNIARVM . REX.' Reverse: Fame, winged and draped, holding a wreath in left hand, is on the left knee (facing left), before a column on which she is inscribing 'NIL[E] EGYP[T] COPEN[HAGEN] [GIBR]ALTER S . VINCEN[T] ACRE PORT[UGAL] TRAFAL[GAR] TALAV[ERA].' Legend: 'MATVROS LARGIMVR HONORES' (We lavish honours in the fullness of time). Exergue: 'L' whence issue rays. It is surrounded by a snake biting its tail.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1567 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Mossop, W. S. |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801; French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 French Revolutionary Wars: Action off Gibraltar, 1797 French Revolutionary Wars: Defence of Acre, 1799 Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera, 1809 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | 1810 |
| People: | King George III; Mossop, W. S. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 43 mm |