Medal cast
Cast of a badge depicting Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse, rebuilt 1757. Uniface. View of the Eddystone Lighthouse with ships around it. Legend: ' IN . SALUTEM . OMNIVM'. Exergue: 'EDISTONE RESURGIT 1757'. The badge was worn by seamen employed in building the third Eddystone lighthouse, to prevent impressment.
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Object Details
ID: | SEC0925 |
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Type: | Medal cast |
Display location: | Not on display |
Date made: | 1759 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 5 mm x 42 mm |
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