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Medal cast
Commemorative medal commemorating the British attack on Cartagena 1741. Two casts obverse and reverse. Vernon (left), facing three-quarter right, wearing hat; baton in right hand, the left extended. Ogle (right), facing left, baton in left hand, the right extended. Legend: 'ADMIRAL VERNON AND SR CHALONER OGLE'. Reverse: Harbour, fort lower left, two forts in centre connected by a chain boom behind which is a boat, a city in the background. In foreground, two ships sailing to right. Legend: 'BY BRITISH COURAGE TOOK CARTHAGENA APRIL 1741'.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC0991 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | War of Jenkins' Ear: Attack on Cartagena, 1741 |
| Date made: | Apr 1741 |
| People: | Vernon, Edward; Ogle, Chaloner |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 6 mm x 35 mm |
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