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Memorial medal to Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737), commemorating the action off Malaga 1704
Memorial medal to Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737), commemorating the action off Malaga 1704. Obverse: Head of Admiral de Bourbon in a long wig (right). Legend: 'LOUIS ALEXANDRE DE BOURBON COMTE DE TOULOUSE AMIRAL DE FRANCE.' Reverse: A winged Victory, a palm branch in her left hand, standing on an antique galley containing massed trophies, inscribing a shield on a mast with flag flying and sail furled. Legend: 'BRITANNIS BATAVIS QUE (sic) DEVICTIS.' (British and Dutch defeated.) Inscription (on shield): 'VELEZ MALAGA.' Exergue: 'XXIV AOUST MDCCIV.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0547 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Marcassus, Jean Pierre Casimir de; Gayrard, Raymond |
| Events: | War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Malaga, 1704 |
| Date made: | 1818 |
| People: | Bourbon, Louis Alexandre de; Bourbon, Louis Alexandre de |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 67 mm |