Election token commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir Alan Gardner MP

Election token commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir Alan Gardner MP (1742-1809). Obverse: Full-length figure of Admiral Gardner (facing) in a cocked hat, standing on a French flag, right hand resting on the muzzle of a cannon. Legend: 'ADMIRAL GARDNER' (inner); 'WORTHY THE FLEET OR THE SENATE' (outer). Below: 'ELECTION TOKEN'. Reverse: An obelisk, inscribed, 'BILL OF RIGHTS' (left) surmounted by a crown and crossed sceptre and sword with oak branches behind; a fox holding a staff saying 'NO MAJESTY BUT THAT OF THE PEOPLE' is standing on three overlapping blocks inscribed, 'CORRESPONG. SOCIETY', 'RIGHTS OF MAN', 'WHIG CLUB'. A figure saying 'THIS IS YOUR ONLY PROP' places a prop under the top block labelled 'SEDITION'. Legend: 'SOME OF THE FOXES TRICKS ON A WESTMINSTER POLE'. Exergue: '1796'.

Object Details

ID: MEC1959
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Election token
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: 1796
People: Gardner, Alan; Gardner, Alan Fox, Charles James
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 33 mm