Commemorative medal depicting the Cochrane memorial at Valparaiso

Commemorative medal depicting the Cochrane memorial at Valparaiso. Obverse: Full-length figure of Admiral Thomas Cochrane (1775-1860) on a pedestal. Within a wreath: 'COCHRANE.' Below wreath: '1873.' Legend: 'ERIGIDA EN 1873 POR SUSCRIPCION POPULAR.' (Erected in 1873 by public subscription.) Reverse: Inscription, 'A COCHRANE EL PUEBLO DE VALPARAISO.' (To Cochrane from the people of Valparaiso.)

Object Details

ID: MEC2515
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Dubois, Abraham
Events: Cochrane Memorial, erection of the, 1873
Date made: 1873
People: Cochrane, Thomas
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 50 mm