Medal commemorating the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal

Medal commemorating the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal. Obverse: Starboard broadside view of a three-masted merchantman under sail. Legend: 'GLOUCESTER & BERKELEY CANAL'. Exergue: 'COMMENCED 1793'. Reverse: Inscription, 'RESUMED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER 15 JULY A.D. 1818; AND COMPLETED 26 APRIL 1827.'

Object Details

ID: MEC1576
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Halliday, Thomas
Date made: 1827
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 43 mm