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Medal commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702
Medal commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Obverse: Bust of Queen Anne draped (left). Legend: 'ANNA . DG . MAG . BR . FR . ET . HIB . REGINA'. Reverse: The fleet attacking forts and ships in the harbour. Legend: 'GALL[ORUM] . HISP[ANORUM] . Q[UE] . CLASSE EXPUG[NATA] . COMB[USTA] . CAPT[A]' (French and Spanish fleets defeated burnt and taken). Exergue: 'BRIT . BATAV . Q . EXPEO [sic] AD . VIGOS . MDDCCII' (The British and Dutch expedition to Vigo 1702).
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0146 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Boskam, J. |
| Places: | Netherlands |
| Events: | War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Vigo Bay, 1702 |
| Date made: | 1702 |
| People: | Queen Anne |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 43 mm |