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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.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0397 |
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| 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 |