Medal commemorating Captain William Wilson's voyage to China. Obverse: Neptune, seated (right), upon a rock, points out to Mercury (Commerce), standing, a new route to China amid a cluster of islands. Legend: 'ITERARE CVRSVS RELICTOS' (To renew abandoned routes). Exergue: 'MDCCLX.' Reverse: Inscription, 'THE . GIFT . OF . THE . ENG . EAST . INDIA . COMP . TO . CAPTAIN . WILLIAM . WILSON . COMMANDER . OF . THE . SHIP . PITT . AS . AN . ACKNOWLEDGEMENT . OF . HIS . SERVICES . IN . HAVING . MADE . HIS . PASSAGE . TO . AND . FROM . CHINA . BY . AN . UNUSUAL . COURSE . AND . THEREBY . EVINCING . THAT . NAVIGATION . TO . BE . PRACTICABLE . AT . ANY . SEASON . OF . THE . YEAR .'

William Wilson was a commander in the Honourable East India Company who found a new route to China though the Moluccas, known as Pitt's Passage.