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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: View of Gibraltar besieged by the Spanish fleet. Legend: 'VINCERE AVT MORI.' (To conquer or die.) Exergue: 'GIBRALTAR OBSESSA D . XXII . FEBR . MDCCXXVII.' (Gibraltar besieged 22 February 1727.) The first two words are placed between two parallel lines, while a third runs behind them midway between the other two. Reverse: Inscription, 'SED DATVR TERTIVM MINVS PERICVLOSVM ABIRE.' (But a third and less dangerous alternative is offered, to retire.)
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1010 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Anglo-Spanish War: Thirteenth Siege of Gibraltar, 1727 |
| Date made: | 1727 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 5 mm x 40 mm |
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