Medal commemorating Gibraltar relieved and General Eliott

Medal commemorating Gibraltar relieved, 1783 and General George Augustus Eliott (1717-1790). Obverse: Bust of General Eliott in a cocked hat, pigtail and uniform (right). Legend: 'ELLIOT AN MARTIS SOCIVS NON: IVPITER IPSE EST.' (Whether Elliot be the fellow of Mars or not, he is a very Jupiter.) Reverse: View of the rock of Gibraltar being bombarded, shells bursting, batteries (left) and ships (right) in foreground. Legend: 'VICTRIX IN FLAMIS VICTRIX GIBRALTAR IN UNDIS.' (Gibraltar victorious alike amid flames and through waves.) Exergue: 'MDCCLXXXIII.'

Object Details

ID: MEC0396
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Reich, J. C.
Places: Germany
Events: American War of Independence: Siege of Gibraltar, 1779
Date made: 1783
People: Eliott, George Augustus
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 44 mm