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An image showing 'Medal commemorating hoisting the flag on SS 'Belgrano', 'Pueyrredon' and 'Sarmiento''
An image showing 'Medal commemorating hoisting the flag on SS 'Belgrano', 'Pueyrredon' and 'Sarmiento''
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Medal commemorating hoisting the flag on SS 'Belgrano', 'Pueyrredon' and 'Sarmiento'

Medal commemorating hoisting the flag on SS 'Belgrano', 'Pueyrredon' and 'Sarmiento'. Obverse: Port broadside view of a cruiser. Legend: 'ENTREGA DE LAS BANDERAS PARA EL BELGRANO EL PUEYRREDON Y LA SARMIENTO.' (Hoisting the flag on SS 'Belgrano', 'Pueyrredon' and 'Sarmiento'.) Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a corvette. Legend: 'DUX FEMINA FACTI (VIRG. EN. LIB. 1.). 8 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1900.' The corvette shown on the reverse is presumably the 'Sarmiento', a training ship.
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Object Details

ID: MEC2618
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Vessels: Belgrano (1899); Pueyrredon fl.1900 (Argentinian) Sarmiento fl.1900 (Argentinian)
Date made: 1900
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 28 mm