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Medal commemorating the settlement of the East India Company at Bombay, 1662 and the repulse of the French Fleet, 1804
Medal commemorating the settlement of the East India Company at Bombay, 1662, and the repulse of the French Fleet, 1804. Obverse: A river god, his left arm embracing a cornucopia and resting on the globe holding in his right hand a British swallow-tailed pennant, a tiger at his feet. Legend: 'SETTLEMENT OF THE BRITISH AT BOMBAY'. Exergue: 'MDCLXII'. Reverse: Neptune crowned, a sceptre in his right and a figure of Victory in his left hand, seated on the globe. Legend: 'THE FRENCH FLEET REPULSED BY THE E. I. COMPYS . XV. FEB. MDCCCIV'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1547 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Mills, George; Droz, J.P. Mudie, J. |
| Events: | East India Co established at Bombay, 1662; Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Pulo Aura, 1804 |
| Date made: | 1804; 1814-1820 |
| People: | Honourable East India Company; French Navy Droz, J.P. Mills, George Mudie, J. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 41 mm |