Medal commemorating The Tees Navigation Company

Medal commemorating The Tees Navigation Company. Obverse: Starboard bow view of a brig under sail. Legend, (outer) 'TEES NAVIGATION COMPY . MELIORA SPERAMUS'; (inner) 'INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLT. 1808'. Reverse: View of the new channel with shipping, hills in the distance. Legend: 'IN COMMEMORATION OF THE OPENING OF THE NEW CHANNEL TO NEWPORT ON THE 10 FEB 1831'. Exergue: 'AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS FOR DEEPENING & STRAIGHTENING THE REST OF THE CHANNEL OF THE RIVER BETWEEN STOCKTON & THE SEA.'

Object Details

ID: MEC1356
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: William Alexander Brooks; Unknown
Date made: 1851
People: Tees Navigation Company
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 51 mm