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An image showing 'Counter commemorating the Wesel, Oswego, Port Mahon and St David captured, 1758; obverse'
An image showing 'Counter commemorating the Wesel, Oswego, Port Mahon and St David captured, 1758; reverse'
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Counter commemorating the Wesel, Oswego, Port Mahon and St David captured, 1758

Counter commemorating Wesel, Oswego, Port Mahon and St David captured, 1758. Obverse: Bust of King Louis XV, laureate (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XV ORBIS IMPERATOR 1758.' Reverse: The four places named set separately in the field. Legend: 'WESEL, OSWEGO, PORT MAHON.' Exergue: 'EXPUG . STI . DAVIDIS ARCE ET SOLO AEQUATA.'
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Object Details

ID: MEC0687
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Counter
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: Capture of Wesel, 1758; Capture of Port Mahon, 1758 Capture of St David, 1758 French and Indian War: Capture of Oswego, 1758
Date made: 1758
People: King Louis XV of France
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 32 mm