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Medal commemorating the bombardment of Algiers, 1816 and Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833)
Medal commemorating the bombardment of Algiers, 1816 and Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833). Obverse: Lord Exmouth's head (right), hair short. Legend: 'ED . PELLEW EQUES VICE COMES EXMOUTH.' Reverse: Inscription, 'SOCIETAS AD . PIRATAS . DELENDOS A. MDCCCXIV . INSTITVTA OB . LIBERATOS A . BARBARORVM . VINCVLIS . EVROPAEOS ALGERIA . A . MDCCCXVI . OPPVGNATA SOCIO . VICECOMITI . EXMOVTH VICTORI . ET . BENEMERITO DECREVIT.' (The Society for the Suppression of Piracy, founded in 1814, awarded this medal to its Fellow Viscount Exmouth for his good service in the liberation of Europeans from captivity among the barbarians by his victorious attack on Algiers in 1816.)
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1571 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | D., A. |
| Events: | Bombardment of Algiers, 1816 |
| Date made: | 1816 |
| People: | Pellew, Edward; Pellew, Edward Society for the Suppression of Piracy |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 54 mm |
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