Medal commemorating the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal
Medal commemorating the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal. Obverse: Starboard broadside view of a three-masted merchantman under sail. Legend: 'GLOUCESTER & BERKELEY CANAL'. Exergue: 'COMMENCED 1793'. Reverse: Inscription, 'RESUMED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER 15 JULY A.D. 1818; AND COMPLETED 26 APRIL 1827.'
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Object Details
ID: | MEC1576 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | Medal |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Halliday, Thomas |
Date made: | 1827 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 43 mm |
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