Medal cast

Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: An oak and laurel wreath, a crown punched in the centre. On a ribbon: 'REWARD OF MERIT'. Reverse: An anchor in the centre with a crown above. Legend engraved in three lines: 'Presented by Captn. P.B.V. BROKE for CONSPICIOUS (sic) SERVICE RENDERED at the capture of the CHESAPEAKE 1 June 1813'. A cast of a medal in private hands fitted with a loop soldered on at the top.

Object Details

ID: SEC0942
Type: Medal cast
Display location: Not on display
Events: War of 1812: Capture of the USS Chesapeake, 1813
Vessels: Chesapeake (1799)
Date made: 1 June 1813
People: Broke, Philip Bowes Vere
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection
Measurements: Overall: 6 mm x 45 mm x 37 mm
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