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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Half-length figures of Anson three-quarter right and Warren left. Legend: 'BY THE COVRAGE OF ADMIRAL ANSON & WARREN' The exergue, a shell between scroll work. Reverse: A fleet sailing towards a town. Legend: 'THE FRENCH FLEET DESTROYD MAY 4 1747'.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC0999 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747 |
| Date made: | 3 May 1747 |
| People: | Warren, Peter |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 4 mm x 35 mm |